Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who litters public areas with waste materials.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person who litters public places with refuse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who tends to drop
litter and not clean it up
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who litters public places with refuse
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Examples
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Last summer, when she was caught flicking a finished cigarette onto the sidewalk, Star magazine quickly tarred her as an environmentally unfriendly "litterbug" who inappropriately goaded a nearby police officer into letting her off without a ticket.
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Whether they're tearing down London's billboards, or scattering their sculptures/canvasses around the City like a phantom 'litterbug', London's street artists are the new generation pushing the boundaries.
1000 Words Rss 2010
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Whether they're tearing down London's billboards, or scattering their sculptures/canvasses around the City like a phantom 'litterbug', London's street artists are the new generation pushing the boundaries.
1000 Words Rss 2010
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I have a lot of patience, and I like kids, so I was willing to take the high road and forgive these litterbug lambs of God who leave a Hansel and Gretel trail of junk-food wrappers, cigarette packs and Red Bull cans in their wake.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Trespassing Teens Nancy Ruhling 2010
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Certainly, far worse things have happened in forming an administration, but this verges on the kind of thing that can cause an appointee to balk based on the unnecessary expenditure of political capital. — litterbug
Geithner Hearing Scheduled for Jan. 21 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Since the beginning, KAB has worked diligently to ensure that waste was seen as a problem solved by improved individual responsibility, not stricter regulations or bottle bills; it even coined the term “litterbug” to identify the culprit.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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I'm dismayed she's a litterbug but still think it good to buy cookies for children.
Someplace Else J.B. Lacombe 2010
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Since the beginning, KAB has worked diligently to ensure that waste was seen as a problem solved by improved individual responsibility, not stricter regulations or bottle bills; it even coined the term “litterbug” to identify the culprit.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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You criticized me heavily for generalizing in my litterbug hunters post, yet you are always ready to lump “greens” into one (hyper-liberal, silly, unrealistic) nefarious group of rights killers.
The Environmental Impact of the Most Important Rain Delayed Baseball Game Ever 2008
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Since the beginning, KAB has worked diligently to ensure that waste was seen as a problem solved by improved individual responsibility, not stricter regulations or bottle bills; it even coined the term “litterbug” to identify the culprit.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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