binner

noun, verb — 4 senses

binner

noun

UK /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈbɪnɚ/

Etymology From bin + -er.

1

One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.

Synonyms: dumpster diver

binner

verb

1

Scotland, Dialectal To create a bickering noise.

To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae.1768, A. Ross, Works (S.T.S.), page 163:

binner

noun

1

Scotland, Dialectal A bickering noise.

2

Scotland, Dialectal A state of agitation; flurry.

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.1915, H. Beaton, Benachie, pages 50, 163:

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