There are those who collect the refuse of the public streets, but in order to be received into the band it is necessary to have been born one of the Hereditary Confederacy of Superfluity Removers and Abandoned Oddment Gatherers.
Source: Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, 1928.
-- Ernest Bramah, ( 1867-1942), English humorous writer; He wrote The Wallet of Kai Lung, and Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat.