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Meanings of rag-picker in English

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A ragpicker or chiffonnier is someone who makes a living by rummaging through refuse in the streets to collect material for salvage.

Usage of rag-picker in English
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The prisoners were as heterogeneous as the contents of a rag-picker's auction.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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It might have been a rag-picker's dump-heap on a colossal scale.
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
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This rag-picker was a grateful creature, and she smiled, with what a smile!
Les Misérables
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In this open-air society, it is the rag-picker who salutes and the portress who patronizes.
Les Misérables
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His garments might have been discarded by a rag-picker.
The Red One
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Then I am not likely to get drunk in Amboise, unless your rag-picker pours the wine.
The Justice of the King
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The mind of the king is his cupboard; if he be a rag-picker, it is his basket.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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Having finished dressing, I unlocked the door of the stuffy little cabin and called the old rag-picker.
Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
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The old rag-picker shook his head and made a sign with his outspread fingers expressive of contempt.
Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
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He lived on alms and slept in one of those rag-picker's huts near the barrier de Ternes.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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Three of them were portresses, and the fourth was a rag-picker with her basket on her back.
Les Misérables
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In her own kitchen, the rag-picker's culinary gleanings formed the basis of a limited but nourishing diet.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
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He looked like a disreputable image carved in mahogany, and arrayed in the sittings of a rag-picker's store.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
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Middle-class America declared the rag-picker too lazy for "real work," or accused her of ulterior motives.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
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There is in this city a rag-picker so wealthy that he can afford to drink wine every day.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870
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I do not guarantee the rag-picker.
Europe Revised
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