gleaner

Example Sentences

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Robert, Theresa and Old Dolio live like modern-day urban gleaners, scrounging and running petty cons to put a few dollars together for their subsistence living.

From Washington Post

“What gleaners do really well is work within the spaces missed by more traditional food recovery and hunger programs,” he said.

From New York Times

Winslow Homer was inspired to create his own gleaner, in 1867, but made her a formidable figure, carrying a pitchfork on her shoulder, and resting one hand defiantly on her hip.

From Washington Post

There’s never a set amount of gleaners or pounds expected from an event, Cutshall said.

From Washington Times

Varda identified with the misshapen potato, and with the gleaner who picks it up from the ground.

From The New Yorker