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Definition of Scavenges
1. scavenge [v] - See also: scavenge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scavenges
Literary usage of Scavenges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"There were 14 kills and scavenges along 123 km of fisher tracks in Upper ...
Seven scavenges were only bits of hide and hair having little food value and 2 ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
""WASN'T there a great scholar called Jtn-TuS scavenges ? " asked Mrs. RAMSBOTHAM of
her Nephew. The Magistrate (severely). You must be very ignorant, Sir, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... he excels in the graphic reckless exhibition of outward humours and bustle;
he scavenges in the most callous good spirits and with careful cynicism. ..."
4. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1892)
"... 3 school children, 1 baby B. 2 (Would not care for regular work ; loafs about
and scavenges dust heaps.) SMITH (widower) 1 school child E. 9 8. ..."
5. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"Metallothionein removes minerals from the circulation and sequesters them in
tissues such as the liver and kidney; it scavenges ioni/.ed minerals and ..."
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