The scrapmen arrived before dawn to comb the derelict yard for anything worth selling.

She arranged photos and ticket stubs in a scrapbooky layout on the living room table.

The charity, scraping the bottom of the barrel, managed to collect just enough donations to pay this month's bills.

After months of rejections, the talent agency scraped the bottom of the barrel and signed a client who had never performed professionally.

As the year drew to a close and budgets tightened, the program director scrapes the bottom of the barrel to fill the remaining airtime.

Every Friday the scrappie rolls through the neighborhood with a rusty van, buying old radiators and broken lawnmowers for a few bucks.

The ancient paint was scrapeable, revealing layers of vibrant colors beneath the surface.

After losing his job, he had to scrape along on odd gigs until he found steady work.

The workers used scrapers to remove the old paint from the wooden deck.

The scrapmerchants gathered at the docks to buy the discarded ship parts.