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Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...
Dumpster diving involves persons voluntarily climbing into a dumpster to find valuables, such as discarded metal scrap, or simply useful items, including food and used clothing. It can also be a method of investigation (e.g., looking for discarded financial records, private papers, or evidence of a crime).
Dumpster Trademark was cancelled in 2015. [34] [35] Trademarked by Dempster Brothers, Inc. in 1963, dumpster is originally a portmanteau of the word dump and the last name Dempster. It originally appeared in the 1951 product name Dempster Dumpster, [36] while related patents date back to 1937. [37] [38] Multiball
Dumpster dining is the act of searching for food in the trash in an effort to minimize waste. This modernized, urban foraging technique may seem a little gross, but now people are taking it even ...
A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English) (or skip bin) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry called a skip truck. Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the longitudinal cross-section of the skip bin is either a trapezium or two stacked trapezia.
This phenomenon of dumpster-diving for food isn't new. A writer for the Splendid Table interviewed a journalist who did it for months to understand the movement.
A person dumpster diving Video of impoverished individuals "dumpster diving" at a neighborhood trash dump in Kabul. Dumpster diving (also totting, [1] skipping, [2] skip diving or skip salvage [3] [4]) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers for unused items discarded by their owners but deemed useful to the picker.
"In order for a word to be added to the dictionary it must have widespread, sustained, and meaningful use," said an associate editor at Merriam-Webster.