Binner

//ˈbɪnɚ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.
  2. 2
    A bickering noise. Scotland, dialectal
  3. 3
    A state of agitation; flurry. Scotland, dialectal

    "Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt."

Verb
  1. 1
    To create a bickering noise. Scotland, dialectal

    "To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Synonyms

All synonyms
dumpster diverdumpster diver

Example

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"Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt."

Etymology

From bin + -er.

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