pure gatherer

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

nounpure gatherer (plural pure gatherers)

plural pure gatherers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pure finder.
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