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dumpster-diver

dumpster-diver is the alternative spelling of dumpster diver.

Meaning of dumpster diver

Noun

dumpster diver (plural dumpster divers)

  1. (US, slang) A person who practices dumpster diving.
    • “Trying not to be sexist,” Kurt said. “Are there female dumpster divers?”2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Forms of dumpster-diver

pluraldumpster-divers

Questions about dumpster-diver

What is dumpster-diver the alternative spelling of?
Dumpster-diver is the alternative spelling of dumpster diver.

Words near dumpster-diver in the dictionary

  1. dumpster fires
  2. dumpster juice
  3. dumpster juices
  4. dumpster panda
  5. dumpster pandas
  6. dumpster-diver
  7. dumpster-divers
  8. dumpster-diving
  9. dumpsterful
  10. dumpstering
  11. dumpsterload

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