(scav' en jur) n.
one that scavenges: as (a) a garbage collector (b) a junk collector
Etymology: alteration of earlier scavager, from Middle English skawager customs collector, from skawage, customs, from Old North French escauwage, inspection, from escauwer, to inspect, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scEawian, to look at
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