A gatherer in and reseller of (almost) worthless stuff.
“He was leaving behind his few ruined sticks of furniture—a junkman had wanted to be paid to take them—and two sets of cracked dishes, also unsaleable, that Shmuel could do with whatever he wanted—use, ax, or fire—they were worth nothing.”
Bernard Malamud, The Fixer (1966).
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