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rag-and-bone man

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rag-and-bone man
n
(Business / Professions) Brit a man who buys and sells discarded clothing, furniture, etc Also called ragman ragpicker US equivalent junkman
Translations
rag-and-bone man [ˌrægənˈbəʊnmæn] N (rag-and-bone men (pl)) (Brit) → trapero m
rag-and-bone man [ˌrægəndˈbəʊnˌmæn] n (-men (pl)) → straccivendolo


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What I can tell B Perry is that no self-respecting rag-and-bone man would ply his trade on a Sunday.
The junk-filled garden, in Monikie, Angus, belongs to Alexander Ewart, who is know as Steptoe after the TV rag-and-bone man.
Although he's now fixed in the public's mind as the aspirational rag-and-bone man Harold, Corbett was already a big star of the theatre - dubbed Britain's Marlon Brando - when he was offered the role in what was supposed to be a one-off TV play.
 
 
 
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