rag-and-bone shop
rag-and-bone shop · rag-and-bone shops
A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been…A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items.
Meaning
1 senses(UK)A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items.
Origin
Derived from the Victorian practice of literally collecting rags and bones from householdsDerived from the Victorian practice of literally collecting rags and bones from households for resale.
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Forms
plural: rag-and-bone shops| Singular | rag-and-bone shop |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsdolly shopragshop
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.