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单词 rag-and-bone man
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rag-and-bone man

noun (plural rag-and-bone men) British
A person who travels round an area buying old or unwanted clothes and household items in order to sell them on.One photograph reminded me of a time long ago, when I was just a child and the likes of traveling minstrels, tinkers, gypsies, rag-and-bone men et al, were the norm....
  • Now virtually extinct, the rag-and-bone man was once a familiar figure trundling his cart along suburban streets with his age-old cry: ‘Any old RAG-bones!’
  • Twentieth century mainstream British art has been immeasurably enriched by the paintings of the retired Cornish fisherman and rag-and-bone man, Alfred Wallis.
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