ragpicker
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
Etymology
Compound from English rag (referring to the ragged leaves, piece of old cloth, university students society run for charitable fundraising) + English picker.
Origin
English
picker
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bowpicker English
- cumrag English
- dishrag English
- do-rag English
- dustrag English
- head rag English
- jizzrag English
- lockpicker English
- nosepicker English
- pick English
- picker English
- rag English
- rag week English
- ragbag English
- ragbond English
- ragger English
- raggie English
- raggle English
- raggy English
- raghead English
- raghorn English
- ragleaf English
- raglike English
- ragman English
- ragpick English
- ragstone English
- ragtop English
- ragweed English
- ragwork English
- ragworm English
- ragwort English
- shakerag English
- shitpicker English
- snotrag English
- stab-rag English
- sternpicker English
- stockpicker English
- tag-rag English
- toerag English
- toothpicker English
- washrag English
- pikere Middle English
- ragge Middle English
- rag
- pick
- raggy
- ragman
- ragbag
- cumrag
- ragtop
- toerag
- ragger
- picker
- raggle
- raggie
- do-rag
- ragweed
- snotrag
- washrag
- ragbond
- raghorn
- jizzrag
- tag-rag
- ragpick
- raghead
- ragleaf
- ragwork
- dustrag
- ragwort
- raglike
- dishrag
- ragworm
- ragstone
- shakerag
- head rag
- stab-rag
- rag week
- bowpicker
- lockpicker
- shitpicker
- nosepicker
- stockpicker
- sternpicker
- toothpicker