单词 | pure-finder |
释义 | > as lemmaspure-finder pure-finder n. ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 142/1 The name of ‘Pure-finders’..has been applied to the men engaged in collecting dogs'-dung from the..streets. 1961 Times 17 Aug. 11/2 There is perhaps some Schadenfreude involved in reading about all those orphans and mudlarks and pure-finders. 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 30 Oct. h7 She is particularly informative about the working poor whose livelihood depended on the sewers—the ‘flushers’ and ‘gangers’, ‘toshers’ and ‘pure finders’, who survived by (literally) paddling through the leavings of others. < as lemmas |
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