In an interesting article on people living in the tunnels under Las Vegas, I ran across a quote about a couple who furnished their underground apartment by digging through the trash. Only they didn't quite use the word I expected.
Our bed came from a skip oustide an apartment complex,' Steven explains. 'It's mainly stuff people dump that we pick up. One man's junk is another man's gold.
'Skip'? Oh, wait, this article was published on a
UK newspaper's website. I suspect just a little bit of editing.