1889 J. Jacobs I. 66 The refuse-eater and the offal-eater Belauding each other.
1926 14 267 The carnivores in any one size-group will eat all the carnivores smaller than themselves, and any refuse-eater up to their own size.
1999 J. H. Gaines ii. 88 They were the scroungers and refuse eaters of Israelite society.