单词 | rag store |
释义 | > as lemmasrag store rag store n. chiefly U.S. and Scottish = rag shop n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories > second-hand frippery1598 flipperya1625 rag shop1674 old clothes shop1729 rag store1849 tagarene shop1855 1849 in J. Pagan Glasgow, Past & Present (1851) I. 76 On one side of the court is a vast rag-store, and on the other the dense dwellings of the Irish. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xvi. 157 Filthy dens on first floors, with rag stores in them (the heaviest business in the Faubourg is the chiffonier's). 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ii. 16 Right Laners used the lavatory by the causeway, and Left Laners used the one up beside the rag-store. 1991 A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's viii. 81 When he was making a suit I had to pick up all the clippings... that was called ‘the woollen’ and my mother sold it at the rag store for a few pence. < as lemmas |
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