英语词汇“rag-and-bone man”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Designating a collector or seller of old clothes and other discarded items that can be reused; esp. in rag-and-bone man.

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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in disused refuse

rag-and-bone man1904

1802 Proc. Old Bailey 14 July 386/1 I..had rather a suspicion of her; she is an old rag and bone picker in the street.

1842 Times 23 Aug. 5/3 (table) Rag and bone collectors.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 139/2 The state of the shoes of the rag and bone-picker is a very important matter to him.

1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet xii. 236 An insane millionaire who amused himself by playing at being a rag-and-bone man.

1958 J. Wain Contenders iv. 83 I pressed it rapturously into the man's hand, at the same time moving away with an awkward shuffling gait, holding the two coats over my arm like a rag-and-bone merchant.

1996 Independent 12 Dec. ii. 6/1 Remember Galton and Simpson's thinking rag-and-bone man Harold Steptoe proudly buying his ticket for Eight and a Half while his dad sneaked into a skin flick?

单词	rag-and-bone man
释义	> as lemmas rag-and-bone man 1. Designating a collector or seller of old clothes and other discarded items that can be reused; esp. in rag-and-bone man. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in disused refuse rag-and-bone man1904 1802 Proc. Old Bailey 14 July 386/1 I..had rather a suspicion of her; she is an old rag and bone picker in the street. 1842 Times 23 Aug. 5/3 (table) Rag and bone collectors. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 139/2 The state of the shoes of the rag and bone-picker is a very important matter to him. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet xii. 236 An insane millionaire who amused himself by playing at being a rag-and-bone man. 1958 J. Wain Contenders iv. 83 I pressed it rapturously into the man's hand, at the same time moving away with an awkward shuffling gait, holding the two coats over my arm like a rag-and-bone merchant. 1996 Independent 12 Dec. ii. 6/1 Remember Galton and Simpson's thinking rag-and-bone man Harold Steptoe proudly buying his ticket for Eight and a Half while his dad sneaked into a skin flick? extracted from rag-and-boneadj. < as lemmas
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