pure finders

A form of pure finder — Someone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by poor people in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pure finder
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pure finders,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pure%20finders.

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