ragman
see also: Ragman
Noun
Ragman
Proper noun
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see also: Ragman
Noun
ragman (plural ragmen)
- A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.
- French: chiffonnier
- German: Lumpensammler
- Italian: rigattiere, cenciaio, cenciaiolo, straccivendolo, robivecchi
ragman
- (historical) A statute issued by Edward I in 1276.
- (obsolete) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
- He bonched hem with his breuet · & blered here eyes / And rauȝte with his ragman · rynges and broches […]
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
- (historical, uncountable) A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing.
- ragman roll, Ragman's Roll
Ragman
Proper noun
- A statute of Edward I by which the Scottish gentry and nobility were compelled to swear allegiance to the English king
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