[Ads-l] picker

[Dan Goncharoff]

A current term seems to be street scrapping.

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 10:15 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 10/27/18 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:04:29 -0400
> > From:    ADSGarson O'Toole<adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: picker
> >
> > Here is a "picker" in 1928. The term is enclosed in quotation marks,
> > but this "picker" seems to be acquiring antiques for personal use
> > instead of resale.
>
> In my personal lexicon, picking -- or garbage/trash/refuse picking --
> does not have to be finding discarded stuff for resale. In fact, picking
> for personal use is the primary sense to me. "Dumpster diving" is a
> later synonym for me. As an impoverished kid/college student, I engaged
> in garbage picking -- oh, look at that box of musty-smelling old books
> on the curb. Must take home!
>
> ---Amy West
>
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