Dictionary

binner en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• bĭnʹər (US)
• /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈbɪnɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From bin + -er.

Meanings

1. One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.

Forms

Synonyms

dumpster diver

binner en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• bĭnʹər (US)
• /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈbɪnɚ/ (US)

Meanings

1. (Scotland, dialectal) A bickering noise.
2. (Scotland, dialectal) A state of agitation; flurry.
   • Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt. 1915, H. Beaton, Benachie, pages 50, 163:

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binner en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• bĭnʹər (US)
• /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈbɪnɚ/ (US)

Meanings

1. (Scotland, dialectal) To create a bickering noise.
   • To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae. 1768, A. Ross, Works (S.T.S.), page 163:

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