ragpicker

One who makes a living scavenging rags and other refuse.

One who goes about to collect rags, bones, and other waste articles of some little value, from streets, ashpits, dunghills, etc.

A machine for tearing and pulling to shreds rags, yarns, hosiery, old carpet, and other waste, to reduce them to cotton or wool staple; a shoddy-machine.

One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.

A person who scavenges rags and other refuse for a living

an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood