English Explanatory Dictionary

rag-and-bone man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries).

Word forms

rag-and-bone man rag-and-bone men

Synonyms

bone-grubber bone-picker ragman ragpicker scrappie scrapper

Related words

rag paper bone meal bone ash
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