Cartonero
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
"Tens of thousands of the unemployed scavenged the streets collecting cardboard, an enduring image that gave rise to the term “cartoneros.”"
Example
More examples"Tens of thousands of the unemployed scavenged the streets collecting cardboard, an enduring image that gave rise to the term “cartoneros.”"
Etymology
From Spanish cartonero.
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