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rag-and-bone man

[ rag-uhn-bohn ]

noun

, British.
  1. a peddler who buys and sells used clothes, rags, etc.; junkman.


rag-and-bone man

noun

  1. a man who buys and sells discarded clothing, furniture, etc Also calledragmanragpicker US equivalentjunkman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rag-and-bone man1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

The things were sold for next to nothing to such as cared to buy them, and the local rag-and-bone man reaped a fine harvest.

"The 'ouse, mum," said the rag-and-bone man, whose profession demanded tact and politeness.

He is like the hangman or jailer or rag-and-bone man; a necessary evil.

In her indescribable childish way she would coquet with a tax-collector or a rag-and-bone man or the Archbishop of Canterbury.

One "nark" was a rag-and-bone man, who worked the country for miles around.

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