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ragman en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From rag + man.

Meanings

  1. A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.
    • For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen. 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14:
    • Oh, the ragman draws circles / Up and down the block / I'd ask him what the matter was / But I know that he don't talk 1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:

Forms

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Translations (23)

ga fear ceirteacha (collector of refuse) · ru ве́тошник (collector of refuse) · nb fillepeller (collector of refuse) · it cenciaio (collector of refuse) · pl szmaciara (collector of refuse) · it rigattiere (collector of refuse) · fi lumppuri (collector of refuse) · it cenciaiolo (collector of refuse) · el ρακοσυλλέκτης (collector of refuse) · la centōnārĭus (collector of refuse) · es ropavejero (collector of refuse) · de Lumpensammler (collector of refuse) · bg вехтошар (collector of refuse) · pl gałganiarz (collector of refuse) · it robivecchi (collector of refuse) · pl szmaciarz (collector of refuse) · sv lumpsamlare (collector of refuse) · fi lumpunkerääjä (collector of refuse) · pl gałganiarka (collector of refuse) · fr chiffonnier (collector of refuse) · fi rättiläinen (collector of refuse) · it straccivendolo (collector of refuse) · pl szmaciarka (collector of refuse)

ragman en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable) A statute issued by Edward I in 1276.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull.
    • He bonched hem with his breuet · & blered here eyes / And rauȝte with his ragman · rynges and broches […] c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
  3. (historical, uncountable) A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing.

Forms

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Relateds

Ragman's Roll · ragman roll