Definition of "pure finder" [pure finder]

• 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.) (noun)
• Used other than as an idiom: see pure,‎ finder. (noun)

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