[PW] ?French Words for

[Eve-Isabelle]

Hi,

You might also want to consider the grimmer meaning of "scavenger" (carrion-eater): charognard.
I would add that "boueur" should be spelled "éboueur". :)

Eve

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary McGavick <mcgavick.mary at gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 22, 2008 9:07 AM
>To: list at project-wombat.org
>Subject: Re: [PW] ?French Words for "Scavenger"?
>
>Hi,
>How about bricoleur...."A person who engages in bricolage is a
>bricoleur: someone who invents his or her own strategies for using
>existing materials in a creative, resourceful, and original way."
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricolage
>
>It's not what the patron asked for, but may be what they want.
>
>Mary McGavick
>PL Of Mount Vernon & Knox County, Ohio
>
>On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Regier, Willis Goth
><wregier at uillinois.edu> wrote:
>> This from Professor Warren Motte (French, U of Colorado):
>>
>> I would say "fouilleur" or "fouineur," but those words can have other meanings as well, and are very context-bound.
>>
>> Willis G. Regier
>> U of Illinois
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Dodge City Public Library
>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 9:04 AM
>> To: list at project-wombat.org
>> Subject: [PW] ?French Words for "Scavenger"?
>>
>> Have a patron who would like to know French words for
>> "scavenger."  Our in-house
>> dictionaries show "faiseur de poubelles," and
>> "recuperateur."  However my
>> questioner is looking for a different French term than those --- perhaps a
>> slang word. Can anyone out there help?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sam Shipley
>>  Dodge City Public Library
>>  iyam at trails.net
>>
>>
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