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scavenger 1. any animal that feeds on decaying organic matter, esp on refuse 2. a substance added to a chemical reaction or mixture to counteract the effect of impurities scavenger [′skav·ən·jər] (chemistry) A substance added to a mixture or other system to remove or inactivate impurities. Also known as getter. (ecology) An organism that feeds on carrion, refuse, and similar matter. (metallurgy) A reactive metal added to a molten metal to combine with and remove dissolved gases. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There was no drainage to carry off the wine, and not only did it all get taken up, but so much mud got taken up along with it, that there might have been a scavenger in the street, if anybody acquainted with it could have believed in such a miraculous presence. I am no scavenger of odds and ends," he went on, with infinite contempt in his lower lip, "I am a theatrical reporter; and this evening I shall have to give a little account of the play at the Scala. The empty street - its other life so marked even by great lamp-lit vacancy - was within call, within touch; he stayed there as to be in it again, high above it though he was still perched; he watched as for some comforting common fact, some vulgar human note, the passage of a scavenger or a thief, some night-bird however base. |
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