picker-up

He was a sort of human jackdaw, the picker-up of unconsidered trifles; and especially in the way of provender and of medical comforts he took care to be well provided whatever might befall the rest of us.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

The Pine Rat, in his vocation as a picker-up of every unconsidered trifle, is an adept at charcoal-burning, on the sly.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Various

Col. Sir RHYS WILLIAMS 'quiet and effective style explained his success as a picker-up of recruits; while Lt. - Commander

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 Various

These things made both the picker-up and the payer exceedingly contented.

The Lee Shore Rose Macaulay 1919

"Ay, ay," said Dick, who was a picker-up of sea terms.

The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

With the station-hand for his picker-up, though the sheep ran loose the while,

The Man from Snowy River 1902

The picker-up, and the penner, with the rest of the shearing horde.

The Man from Snowy River 1902

"'A picker-up of unconsidered trifles, '" I quoted dreamily.

The Princess Passes 1901

"What has this picker-up of scraps of learning to say?"

The Children's Bible Charles Foster Kent 1896

'A picker-up of that which has fallen, 'corresponding to the nickname of Uchla or' Lifter 'applied to the Bhamtas.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894