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Rarescavenger
The correct spelling is scavenger.
How to pronounce scavenger
noun
IPA: /ˈskæv.ən.dʒə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Sca-ven-jer
The correct spelling is scavenger. Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
- 2.An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- 3.A street sweeper.
- 4.A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
- 5.A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
verb
- 1.To scavenge.
- 2.To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
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