SCAVENGER
\skˈavɪnd͡ʒə], \skˈavɪndʒə], \s_k_ˈa_v_ɪ_n_dʒ_ə]\
Definitions of SCAVENGER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
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any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
By Princeton University
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someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
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any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
By Oddity Software
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A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A person who cleans the streets by sweeping up and carrying off the filth; originally one who took scavage.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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