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RAGPICKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ragpicker mean?
• RAGPICKER (noun)
The noun RAGPICKER has 1 sense:
1. an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
Familiarity information: RAGPICKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ragpicker" is a kind of...):
unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)
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