Definition of Pure finder

1. Noun. (obsolete) Someone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, ''The Fatal Shore'', 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.) ¹

2. Noun. (&lit pure finder) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pure Finder

purdier
purdiest
purdy
pure
pure(a)
pure-bred
pure-breds
pure-play
pure absence
pure air
pure and simple
pure as the driven snow
pure binary numeration system
pure country
pure ego
pure finder (current term)
pure imaginary number
pure laine
pure mathematics
pure name
pure names
pure tone
pureblood
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purebloods
purebred
purebreds
pured
puree
pureed

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