finder

mastery
UK /ˈfaɪndə/ US /ˈfaɪndəɹ/nounname

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Which meaning of 'finder' is used in the sentence?

Even the Whitechapel meat-market is less the scene of prey, for it is a series of shops, while Leadenhall presents many stalls, and the finders seem loath to enter shops without some plausible pretext.