| 单词 | rag woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrag woman rag woman n. a woman who gathers or deals in rags; cf. ragman n.2 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns > woman purpuressc1384 purpurarec1425 silk-womanc1440 paste-wife1550 rag woman1653 merceress1840 draperess1854 linendraperess1868 1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 72. 576 A Grindling Piece of the damnation, daughter to an old Ragg-woman in Golden-lane.., lately took upon her to separate two faithfull Lovers. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 262 The old Woman, who gather'd them [sc. rags] twice a Week about the Streets, as the Rag-women do for the Paper-Mills. 1786 Times 26 Aug. 3/2 The act to oblige drunken tinkers and naked old-cloaths and rag women, to pay 1l. 1s. a year. 1853 Harper's Mag Mar. 491/2 Our old rag woman, though no beauty, is a person of consequence and respectability compared with the last profession in the social chain, that of the ‘chiffonnier’. 1915 Pointer (Dolton, Illinois) 14 May Ever on the lookout for treasure, for money or trinkets, the rag woman resembled some famished ferret on the scent of blood. 2002 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 17 Nov. b2 I like clothes, I always did; not at the moment, if you could see me. I look like the rag woman. < as lemmas |
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