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Meanings of garbage picker in English

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Tool for collecting leaf litter, or other refuse.

      Occupation.

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            Examples for "dumpster diver"
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            His food-saving life began as a " dumpster diver", sorting through the bins of food stores and picking out good food that had been thrown away.
            The Guardian
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            Cause I'll go roust some dumpster divers or something else more productive if you want?
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            3
            "Are there female dumpster divers?"
            Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
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            E-waste trash pickers risk their health in search of metals they can sell.
            The Guardian
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            Target's stock has dropped this year as the economic downturn curbs shoppers' ability to splurge on its wares and make payments on its credit cards.
            Reuters
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            This city is an urban forager's paradise.
            The Guardian
            2
            Miceal Murray is an urban forager who runs workshops, talks and walks under the banner of Taking a Leaf (takingaleaf.com).
            The Irish Times
            3
            A scald, a boil, a makeshift jelly bag and some sugar later, I have ruby-red Heytesbury Street crab-apple jelly, a terroirfood for an urban forager.
            The Irish Times
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            For ideas on foraging, see the Urban Forager by Andy Hamilton.
            The Guardian
            Usage of garbage picker in English
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            But he won't be recycling any trash in August as Beijing's garbage pickers are being pushed out of town.
            Reuters
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            But he won't be recycling any trash this August as Beijing's garbage pickers are being pushed out of town.
            Reuters