rag-and-bottleadj.

Brit.

/ˌraɡ(ə)n(d)ˈbɒtl/, U.S.

/ˌræɡənˈbɑd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², and conj.¹, bottle n.³

Etymology: < rag n.² + and conj.¹ + bottle n.³ Compare earlier rag-and-bone adj.

Now chiefly historical and rare.

attributive.

1. = rag-and-bone adj. 2. Also figurative.

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1822 Proc. Old Bailey 3 July 410/1 I went to Bow-street; and from there to Bradshaw's, with an officer; it appeared like a rag and bottle shop.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 139/1 Anything that is saleable at the rag-and-bottle or marine-store shop.

1883 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 12 Apr. The next is a rag and bottle shop, close by is a rag concern.

1928 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Mar. (Special Mag.) 2/2 Other pickings from the rag-and-bottle stores of literature.

1976 College Eng. 37 559 The interior of this lovely skull is a perfect rag-and-bottle shop of lace collars, china, gossip, status-hunger, spite, envy, unsatisfied desire, and vanity.

1998 D. Pool What Jane Austen ate & Charles Dickens Knew (new ed.) 208 From there the rags might well go to a street buyer or a rag-and-bone or rag-and-bottle shop.

2. = rag-and-bone adj. 1.

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1827 Times 11 July 3/1 (advt.) To rag and bottle merchants.—To be disposed of, the lease and goodwill of a house and business in the above trade.

1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet xii. 229 It's the rag-and-bottle man's day to-morrow... He will take it away.

1933 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 8 May 6/2 Bangor, Me., jewelers have been obliged to take out licenses as ‘junk dealers’ with the old rag and bottle men.

1976 Amer. Heritage Mag. Apr. 80 Most of our junking merely involved collecting junk..in the back alleys of Denver and reselling it to the rag-and-bottle dealers on Larimer Street.

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

单词	rag-and-bottle
释义	rag-and-bottleadj. Brit. /ˌraɡ(ə)n(d)ˈbɒtl/, U.S. /ˌræɡənˈbɑd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², and conj.¹, bottle n.³ Etymology: < rag n.² + and conj.¹ + bottle n.³ Compare earlier rag-and-bone adj. Now chiefly historical and rare. attributive. 1. = rag-and-bone adj. 2. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1822 Proc. Old Bailey 3 July 410/1 I went to Bow-street; and from there to Bradshaw's, with an officer; it appeared like a rag and bottle shop. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 139/1 Anything that is saleable at the rag-and-bottle or marine-store shop. 1883 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 12 Apr. The next is a rag and bottle shop, close by is a rag concern. 1928 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Mar. (Special Mag.) 2/2 Other pickings from the rag-and-bottle stores of literature. 1976 College Eng. 37 559 The interior of this lovely skull is a perfect rag-and-bottle shop of lace collars, china, gossip, status-hunger, spite, envy, unsatisfied desire, and vanity. 1998 D. Pool What Jane Austen ate & Charles Dickens Knew (new ed.) 208 From there the rags might well go to a street buyer or a rag-and-bone or rag-and-bottle shop. 2. = rag-and-bone adj. 1. ΚΠ 1827 Times 11 July 3/1 (advt.) To rag and bottle merchants.—To be disposed of, the lease and goodwill of a house and business in the above trade. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet xii. 229 It's the rag-and-bottle man's day to-morrow... He will take it away. 1933 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 8 May 6/2 Bangor, Me., jewelers have been obliged to take out licenses as ‘junk dealers’ with the old rag and bottle men. 1976 Amer. Heritage Mag. Apr. 80 Most of our junking merely involved collecting junk..in the back alleys of Denver and reselling it to the rag-and-bottle dealers on Larimer Street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1822
随便看	to die downright to die dung-hill to die dunghill to die for to die game to die hard to die in a ditch to die in a vein to die in harness to die in one's bed to die in one's boots or shoes or with one's boots on to die in one's shoes to die in the last ditch to die like a dog to die naturally to die nesh to die off to die on to die on one's arse to die on one's feet to die on one's feet rather than live on one's knees to die out to die the death to die unto to die up