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dumpster divings

dumpster divings is the plural of dumpster diving.

Meaning of dumpster diving

Noun

dumpster diving (uncountable)

  1. (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

Questions about dumpster divings

What is dumpster divings the plural of?
Dumpster divings is the plural of dumpster diving.

Words near dumpster divings in the dictionary

  1. dumpster dived
  2. dumpster diver
  3. dumpster divers
  4. dumpster dives
  5. dumpster diving
  6. dumpster divings
  7. dumpster dove
  8. dumpster fire
  9. dumpster fires
  10. dumpster juice
  11. dumpster juices

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