单词 | rag-picker |
释义 | > as lemmasrag-picker rag-picker n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > rag-collecting or dust-heap picking > one who kennel-raker1570 finder1607 rag-raker1631 rag-picker1680 bunter1706 rake-kennel1707 rag collector1820 rag gatherer1851 chiffonier1856 gutter-snipe1869 picker1884 tatter1890 totter1891 dumpster diver1985 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 14 Unto this All-sin-sheltring Grove..Great Ladies Chamber-Maids, Drudges; The Rag-picker; and Heiresse trudges. 1771 T. Deletanville New French Dict. (at cited word) Chiffonnier,..a rag-picker. 1829 Times 21 Nov. 2/6 On Sunday night, as the agents of police in Paris were going their rounds, they arrested..a rag picker, who was lying under a gateway. 1932 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 95 537 Scrap metal buyers and rag-pickers, etc. are an equally large group who make their living from collecting disused material from the public. 2005 V. Swarup Q & A 132 Mounds of filthy garbage lie on every corner, from which rag-pickers still manage to find something useful. < as lemmas |
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