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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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