ragpicker
[rag-pik-er]
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noun
a person who picks up rags and other waste material from the streets, refuse heaps, etc., for a livelihood.
Origin of ragpicker
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Historical Examples of ragpicker
Love is always tragic, even the amours of a ragpicker and a gutter-wench.
Painted VeilsJames Huneker
The play, which was called The Ragpicker, can still be seen in the Ghetto.
The Spirit of the GhettoHutchins Hapgood
He looks like a ragpicker, and has the eye of Solomon and the devil in one.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, CompleteGilbert Parker
His wife was a ragpicker and a bawd, but she had plenty of shrewdness.
Penguin IslandAnatole France
He engaged the lamplighter of the theatre to wear the ragpicker's costume for three weeks, so that it might be suitably dirty.