salable refuse

  • 1beachcomber — noun Date: 1840 1. a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific 2. a person who searches along a shore (as for salable refuse or for seashells) • beachcomb verb …

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  • 2реализуемые отходы — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN salable refuse …

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  • 3Garbology — For uses of this term in reference to espionage or identity theft, see Dumpster diving A. J. Weberman claims to have invented the word Garbology to describe his study of Bob Dylan s garbage in 1970, [cite book |last=Weberman |first=Alan J.… …

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  • 4Venal — Ve nal, a. [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr. w^nos price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. v[ e]nal.] Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary;… …

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  • 5beachcomber — /beech koh meuhr/, n. 1. a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches. 2. a vagrant who lives on the seashore, esp. a nonnative person living in such a way on a South Pacific island. 3. a long wave… …

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  • 6social security — 1. (usually caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. 2. the theory or practice of… …

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  • 7beachcomber — beach•comb•er [[t]ˈbitʃˌkoʊ mər[/t]] n. 1) a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches 2) a vagrant who lives on the seashore 3) a long wave rolling in from the ocean onto the beach • Etymology: 1830–40 …

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