1831 12 Jan. 3/6 The prisoner had been a rag-sorter, and sometimes worked for the witness.
1940 13 99 Her ability to extract information from such diverse persons as tailors and rag sorters, midwives and fortune tellers, policemen and artists, is quite remarkable.
2003 (Nexis) 7 Feb. Lisa..worked as a rag sorter at Beaumont's.