ragman

See also: Ragman

English

From rag +‎ man.

ragman (plural ragmen)

A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14:
  For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.
- 1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:
  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

collector of refuse

Bulgarian: вехтошар m (vehtošar)
Finnish: lumpunkerääjä, lumppuri, rättiläinen
French: chiffonnier (fr) m
German: Lumpensammler (de) m
Greek: ρακοσυλλέκτης (el) m (rakosylléktis)
Irish: fear ceirteacha m
Italian: rigattiere (it) m, cenciaio m, cenciaiolo, straccivendolo m, robivecchi (it) m
Latin: centōnārĭus m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fillepeller (no) m
Polish: gałganiarz (pl) m, gałganiarka f, szmaciarz (pl) m, szmaciara f, szmaciarka f
Spanish: ropavejero (es) m
Swedish: lumpsamlare (sv) c

Unknown.

ragman (countable and uncountable, plural ragmans)

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

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