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binners

binners is the plural of binner.

Meaning of binner

Noun (1)

binner (plural binners)

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

Noun (2)

binner (plural binners)

  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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Questions about binners

What is binners the plural of?
Binners is the plural of binner.

Words near binners in the dictionary

  1. binnekill
  2. binnekills
  3. binner
  4. binnered
  5. binnering
  6. binners
  7. Binney
  8. Binneys
  9. Binnick
  10. Binnie
  11. binnies

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