Rag-picker

  • 1rag-picker — /ˈræg pɪkə/ (say rag pikuh) noun someone who picks up rags and other waste material from the streets, refuse heaps, etc., for a livelihood …

  • 2rag picker — Canadian Slang supply technician …

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  • 3rag — 1. n. 1 a a torn, frayed, or worn piece of woven material. b one of the irregular scraps to which cloth etc. is reduced by wear and tear. 2 (in pl.) old or worn clothes. 3 (collect.) scraps of cloth used as material for paper, stuffing, etc. 4… …

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  • 4picker — n. 1 a person or thing that picks. 2 (often in comb.) a person who gathers or collects (hop picker; rag picker) …

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  • 5Rag and bone man — For the White Stripes song, see Rag and Bone. Rag and bone man is a British phrase for a junk dealer. Historically the phrase referred to an individual who would travel the streets of a city with a horsedrawn cart, and would collect old rags,… …

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  • 6Waste picker — A waste picker, or a scavenger, is a person who picks out recyclable elements from mixed waste wherever it may be temporarily accessible or disposed of [ [http://www.gdrc.org/uem/waste/swm glossary.html Solid Waste Management Glossary] ] .A… …

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  • 71914 in music — Events*October 15 In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli s La Gioconda . *The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad and Tobago. *First publication of Orchestration , the classic book by Cecil Forsyth …

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  • 8George Luks — Infobox Artist name = George Luks imagesize = caption = George Luks, c.1910 birthdate = birth date|1867|8|13|mf=y location = Williamsport, Pennsylvania deathdate = death date|1933|10|29|mf=y deathplace = New York, New York nationality = American… …

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  • 9Chiffonerie — Récupération informelle des déchets Pour les articles homonymes, voir Récupération des déchets et Chiffonnier. Ramasseurs de déchets dans un bidonvill …

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  • 10Chiffonnerie — Récupération informelle des déchets Pour les articles homonymes, voir Récupération des déchets et Chiffonnier. Ramasseurs de déchets dans un bidonvill …

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