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Meaning of binner | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/

Definitions

  1. One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.
  2. A bickering noise.
    Scotland, dialectal
  3. A surname from German.
  4. A state of agitation; flurry.
    Scotland, dialectal

Examples

“Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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