dumpster diving
nounUK /ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/ · US /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/
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US The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
- Alan crawled to the back of the store, to Kurt’s den, sure that his friend would have been back there, worn out from a night’s dumpster diving.2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:
- Derived terms
- Trumpster diving