scrounger

Freaks are scroungers, thrifters, salvagers; they’re unmatched in their ability to repurpose the discarded, to find value in things — and in people — that it sometimes seems nobody else wants or esteems.

Or was he just one of the many scrap metal scroungers who prowl Los Angeles by night and entirely oblivious to the object’s historical value?

Joined by a volunteer who had computer science skills, “we went out to Goodwill and found ourselves a VCR and a flatbed scanner. We’re great scroungers. Keep the budget down.”

So, we need to construct a new narrative; one that reflects the reality of people’s lives, not an imagined one-dimensional “scrounger” or “skiver”.

He overhauled his diet, altered his body shape, and added destructive ball carrier and potent scrounger at breakdowns to his skills as a formidable scrummager.