rag traden.

Brit.

/ˈraɡ treɪd/, U.S.

/ˈræɡ ˌtreɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², trade n.

Etymology: < rag n.² + trade n.

a. Trade in cloth rags or second-hand clothing.

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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles

frippery1599

woolage1611

mercership1647

(the) Mercery1662

rag trade1745

hosiery1789

grey market1825

narrow-trade1827

costumer1830

linendrapery1849

wool-stapling1888

broad trade-

1745 D. Soyer & J. Lockman tr. ‘Monsieur de Blainville’ Trav. III. xxiv. 189 A particular Tax is laid upon the Jews at Rome... But in return, their Brokerage and Rag Trade is very beneficial to them.

1887 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 50 703 Resolutions in favour of regulating the rag trade were passed; but the usual want of practical information showed itself in sweeping proposals to prohibit all imports of rags from infected countries.

1927 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 16 Sept. 4/5 There is a slump in the business of the European Waste Material Merchants, otherwise the rag trade.

2005 M. Vespeth Globaloney vii. 188 It does seem that the rag trade offers people in third world countries a good opportunity to earn an income if they sell used clothes.

b. colloquial (frequently ironic and humorous). The business of designing, making, or selling clothes, esp. women's clothing. Cf. rag n.² 1c.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > dressmaking > [noun] > rag trade

rag trade1890

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 167/2 Rag trade,..the tailoring business. Also the mantle-making trade.

1907 Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 8/4 They do an enormous business with the ‘rag trade’—that is to say, the wholesale drapers, silk mercers, hosiers, and so on.

1957 J. Coates Ship of Glass 241 I know that line. It's going to be fashionable... Forgive the digression but I'm in the rag trade.

1983 T. Hoyle Last Gasp xvi. 207 He had the native New Yorker's caustically laconic wit, honed to a fine art by a lifetime spent as a cutter in the Manhattan rag trade.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane i. 22 The old East End rag trade still survived in the form of leather jacket shops and cheap clothing wholesalers.

†2. slang. Trade in false banknotes. Cf. rag n.² 7b. Obsolete.

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1843 F. Marryat Trav. M. Violet II. x. 223 There is in Galveston a new invented trade, called ‘the rag-trade’..I refer to the purchasing of false bank-notes, which are..palmed upon any stranger suspected of having money.

1875 Pract. Mag. 5 221 Parliamentary Reports on the Rag Trade of Foreign Countries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rag trade
释义	rag traden. Brit. /ˈraɡ treɪd/, U.S. /ˈræɡ ˌtreɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², trade n. Etymology: < rag n.² + trade n. 1. a. Trade in cloth rags or second-hand clothing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles frippery1599 woolage1611 mercership1647 (the) Mercery1662 rag trade1745 hosiery1789 grey market1825 narrow-trade1827 costumer1830 linendrapery1849 wool-stapling1888 broad trade- 1745 D. Soyer & J. Lockman tr. ‘Monsieur de Blainville’ Trav. III. xxiv. 189 A particular Tax is laid upon the Jews at Rome... But in return, their Brokerage and Rag Trade is very beneficial to them. 1887 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 50 703 Resolutions in favour of regulating the rag trade were passed; but the usual want of practical information showed itself in sweeping proposals to prohibit all imports of rags from infected countries. 1927 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 16 Sept. 4/5 There is a slump in the business of the European Waste Material Merchants, otherwise the rag trade. 2005 M. Vespeth Globaloney vii. 188 It does seem that the rag trade offers people in third world countries a good opportunity to earn an income if they sell used clothes. b. colloquial (frequently ironic and humorous). The business of designing, making, or selling clothes, esp. women's clothing. Cf. rag n.² 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > dressmaking > [noun] > rag trade rag trade1890 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 167/2 Rag trade,..the tailoring business. Also the mantle-making trade. 1907 Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 8/4 They do an enormous business with the ‘rag trade’—that is to say, the wholesale drapers, silk mercers, hosiers, and so on. 1957 J. Coates Ship of Glass 241 I know that line. It's going to be fashionable... Forgive the digression but I'm in the rag trade. 1983 T. Hoyle Last Gasp xvi. 207 He had the native New Yorker's caustically laconic wit, honed to a fine art by a lifetime spent as a cutter in the Manhattan rag trade. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane i. 22 The old East End rag trade still survived in the form of leather jacket shops and cheap clothing wholesalers. †2. slang. Trade in false banknotes. Cf. rag n.² 7b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1843 F. Marryat Trav. M. Violet II. x. 223 There is in Galveston a new invented trade, called ‘the rag-trade’..I refer to the purchasing of false bank-notes, which are..palmed upon any stranger suspected of having money. 1875 Pract. Mag. 5 221 Parliamentary Reports on the Rag Trade of Foreign Countries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1745
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