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[ rag-pik-er ] / ˈrægˌpɪk ər /
nouna person who picks up rags and other waste material from the streets, refuse heaps, etc., for a livelihood. Origin of ragpickerFirst recorded in 1855–60; rag1 + picker Words nearby ragpickerRagman rolls, Ragnar Lodbrok, Ragnarok, ragout, rag paper, ragpicker, rag-rolling, rag rug, rags, ragstone, ragtag Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ragpickerThe ragpicker helped the soldier to sit up, and supported him until he had emptied his glass. The Galley Slave's Ring|Eugne Sue He engaged the lamplighter of the theatre to wear the ragpicker's costume for three weeks, so that it might be suitably dirty. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various The housewife may apperceive old rags as something to be thrown away; a ragpicker, as something to be gathered up. The Psychology of Salesmanship|William Walker Atkinson At intervals, while he rested, I took the book bought from the ragpicker of Soissons, and read passages from the Romancero. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo
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