ragman
noun
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
ragmen
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pluralof ragman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“I’d always see the ragmen, who collected rags for a living,” he said in a 1992 interview with the Times.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2020
“I’d always see the ragmen, who collected rags for a living,” he said in a 1992 interview with The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
Go everywhere, all of you, and rouse the Galley and all ragmen for to-morrow at the Quai Pelletier at half-past seven.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
"I thought so, handsome ragmen," returned the visitor.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
When the shearers go, the washers come; when the washers go, the carders come; then come the spinners, the weavers, the buyers, and the ragmen who gather up the bits.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
