Person who makes their living collecting junk and trash from the streets. Comes from the name of the bird Snipe which looks for old food near edges of ponds. Everybody knows a bag lady or trash picker.
Gut"ter*snipe" (?), n. (Slang)
(a)
A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.
(b)
A curbstone broker. [U. S.]
© Webster 1913
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