scavenge

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Back-formation from scavenger.

They live in holes higher up, but these are refuges for the day while they are scavenging in the sea. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent
Saw her in the viceregal party when Stubbs the park ranger got me in with Whelan of the Express. Scavenging what the quality left. — Ulysses, James Joyce
They had saved up six dollars and twenty cents, despite the fact that Father had overborne her caution and made her dine at a lunch-room, now and then, or sleep at a hotel, while he cheerfully scavenged in the neighborhood. — The Innocents: A Story for Lovers, Sinclair Lewis

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