pure finder
pure finder · pure finders
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pure, finderUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pure, finder.
Meaning
2 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pure, finder.
(obsolete)Someone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by poor people in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.