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ragpicker

ragpicker noun: a person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).

Noun

ragpicker (plural ragpickers)

  1. A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).

ragpicker meaning in Bengali

ragpicker in Bengali

ragpicker
টোকাই ṭōkai

Forms of ragpicker

pluralragpickers
alternative formrag-picker

Origin of ragpicker

From rag + picker.

Questions about ragpicker

What does ragpicker mean?
Ragpicker means a person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
What is ragpicker in Bengali?
Ragpicker in Bengali is টোকাই (ṭōkai). See Ragpicker meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ragpicker?
Ragpicker is a noun.
What is the plural of ragpicker?
The plural of ragpicker is ragpickers.

Words near ragpicker in the dictionary

  1. ragoûted
  2. ragoûting
  3. ragoûts
  4. ragpick
  5. ragpicked
  6. ragpicker
  7. ragpickers
  8. ragpicking
  9. ragpicks
  10. rags
  11. rags and tatters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ragpicker (page history and authors); টোকাই (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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