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unscavengered en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + scavengered.

Meanings

  1. (UK, archaic, not-comparable) Not cleaned by a street sweeper.
    • The streets not being subjected to the influence of any police laws, were permitted to remain unpaved, were unscavengered, and consequently became the receptacles of the most disgusting offal. 1833, The Westminster Review, volume 18, page 387: