dumpster diving

or Dumpster diving

noun

the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.

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Contemporary Examples of dumpster diving

Micah asks one of her dumpster-diving friends, who scored a load of meat too big for any of them to finish.
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British Dictionary definitions for dumpster diving

dumpster diving

noun

US the practice of searching through dustbins for discarded but still usable or valuable objects such as food or clothes

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