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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
rag + picker
Noun
ragpicker (plural ragpickers)
- 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).
Translations
collector of refuse
- Azerbaijani: cındırçı
- Bulgarian: вехтошар m (vehtošar)
- Finnish: lumpunkerääjä, lumppuri, rättiläinen
- French: chiffonnier (fr) m
- German: Lumpensammler (de) m
- Greek: ρακοσυλλέκτης (el) m (rakosylléktis)
- Icelandic: skransafnari m
- Ingrian: hohlamees
- Italian: rigattiere (it) m, cenciaio m, cenciaiolo, straccivendolo m, robivecchi (it) m
- Korean: 넝마주이 (neongmaju'i), 넝마꾼 (neongmakkun)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fillepeller (no) m
- Polish: gałganiarz (pl) m, gałganiarka f, szmaciarz (pl) m, szmaciara f, szmaciarka f
- Sicilian: rajitteri m
- Swedish: lumpsamlare (sv) c
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