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rag-and-bone mannoun(UK, Ireland) A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries).
bone-grubbernoun(obsolete) A person who scavenges for waste materials such as bones and rags to sell.
chiffoniernounA tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
ragbagnoun(figurative) A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things; a smorgasbord.
garbagemannounAlternative form of garbage man. [(Australia, US, Canada) Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.]
raggernounA toy for dogs, resembling intertwined strands of rope.
rag-baggernounAlternative spelling of rag bagger. [(idiomatic, disrespectful) A sailor who tends to sail on messy cruising vessels.]
karung guninoun(Singapore, Malaysia, metonymic or attributively) A traditional scrap dealer or rag-and-bone man who visits residential zones to collect unwanted items.
junkmannounA seller of junk (miscellaneous articles of low value).
rag baggernoun(idiomatic, disrespectful) A sailboat, usually a cruising sailboat tending to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks neglected or messy.
raggabashnounAlternative form of ragabash. [(obsolete) An idle or ragged person.]
ragabrashnounAlternative form of ragabash. [(obsolete) An idle or ragged person.]
ragabashnoun(obsolete) An idle or ragged person.
raggienoun(informal, nonstandard, derogatory) One who dresses poorly, or in rags; an impoverished individual
scrappienoun(informal) scrapper; scrap dealer.
garbagepersonnoun(nostandard, rare, gender-neutral) A garbage collector of any gender; a garbageman or garbagewoman.
trash mannounAlternative form of trashman. [(US, Canada) Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.]
picker-upnoun(colloquial) A person who picks things up.
dishragnounSynonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
jam ragnoun(slang, vulgar) A sanitary towel.

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