scavenagen.
/ˈskavənɪdʒ/ The action or work of scavenging.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [noun]
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1878 Lancet 12 Jan. 64 The system of scavenage for the borough.
1885 Sci. Amer. 9 May The Jewish priests maintained a system of scavenage, themselves supervised the cleansing of cities and habitations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1878- to bring up arrears
- to bring up lost ground
- to bring up on the finger
- to bring up the rear
- to bring up the rear arrear
- to bring up to the bullring
- to bring up with a round turn
- to bring upon the lee
- to bring witness
- to bring word
- to bring write word
- to bring your heads together
- to bring, call, come, stoop to lure
- to bring, call, come, stoop to one's lure
- to bring, call, come, stoop to the lure
- to bring, carry more sacks to the mill
- to bring, carry sacks to the mill
- to bring, come, etc, to an upshot
- to bring, come, etc, to the upshot
- to bring, come, fall, etc into disfavour
- to bring, come, grow into, go out of fashion
- to bring, drive to scorn
- to bring, drive, put, reduce to extremity or extremities
- to bring, drive, put, reduce to the last extremity or extremities
- to bring, get, haul, or put the tacks aboard