ragpicker
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse…A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
» "I'll give you four pennies for your A-B-C book," said a ragpicker who stood by.
„Ich gebe dir vier Pfennige für deine Fibel“, sagte ein dabeistehender Lumpensammler.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
Lumpensammler, Lumpenverwerter
- an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
Examples
1 sentences"I'll give you four pennies for your A-B-C book," said a ragpicker who stood by.
de„Ich gebe dir vier Pfennige für deine Fibel“, sagte ein dabeistehender Lumpensammler.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From rag + picker.From rag + picker.
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