rag trade

rag trade

n. Slang The garment industry.

rag trade

n (Clothing & Fashion) informal the clothing business, esp the aspects concerned with the manufacture and sale of dresses

rag′ trade`

n. Slang. the garment or fashion industry. [1835–45]

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rag trade - makers and sellers of fashionable clothingapparel industry, fashion business, fashion industry, garment industryindustry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"

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