ropavejero
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Spanish
Etymology
From ropa vieja (“old clothes, rags”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
Noun
ropavejero m (plural ropavejeros, feminine ropavejera, feminine plural ropavejeras)
- ragman
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
- Días después Irzubeta lucía un flamante fusil de aire comprimido que vendió a un ropavejero de la calle Reconquista.
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See also
Further reading
- “ropavejero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014