Immediately to their left and across the canal were row houses of tiny wooden cabin shacks with metal roofs that housed residents and their scavenging businesses.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
She saw the beautiful new gowns and hats, and she saw also the curious dress of swart Italian girls scavenging with baskets on their arms.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
Here and there, bands of evil-looking pigs roamed about, busy with foraging excursions that came unpleasantly athwart the border-line of scavenging.
"The Unbearable Bassington"
Saki