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PRONUNCIATION OF RAGPICKER

ragpicker  [ˈræɡˌpɪkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAGPICKER

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Ragpicker is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RAGPICKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ragpicker

Ragpicker

A Rag-picker, or Chiffonnier, was a 19th- and early 20th-century term for someone who made a living by rummaging through refuse in the streets to collect material for salvage. Scraps of cloth and paper could be turned into cardboard, broken glass could be melted down and reused, and even dead cats and dogs could be skinned to make clothes. The rag-pickers did not recycle the materials themselves; they would simply collect whatever they could find and turn it over to a "master rag-picker" who would, in turn, sell it—generally by weight—to wealthy investors with the means to convert the materials into something more profitable. Although it was solely a job for the lowest of the working classes, rag-picking was considered an honest occupation, more on the level of street sweeper than of a beggar. In Paris, for instance, rag-pickers were regulated by law: Their operations were restricted to certain times of night, and they were required to return any unusually valuable items to the owner or to the authorities. When Eugène Poubelle introduced the garbage can in 1884, he was criticized in the French newspapers for meddling with the rag-pickers' livelihoods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAGPICKER


acre
ˈeɪkə
Africa
ˈæfrɪkə
America
əˈmɛrɪkə
angelica
ænˈdʒɛlɪkə
Antarctica
æntˈɑːktɪkə
baker
ˈbeɪkə
biker
ˈbaɪkə
erica
ˈɛrɪkə
fruit-picker
ˈfruːtˌpɪkə
Jamaica
dʒəˈmeɪkə
kopiyka
ˈkəʊpɪkə
liquor
ˈlɪkə
maker
ˈmeɪkə
mica
ˈmaɪkə
nit-picker
ˈnɪtˌpɪkə
picker
ˈpɪkə
replica
ˈrɛplɪkə
sticker
ˈstɪkə
ticker
ˈtɪkə
veronica
vəˈrɒnɪkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAGPICKER

raging
ragingly
ragini
raglan
ragman
Ragman rolls
ragmatical
ragmen
Ragnarok
ragout
rags
ragstone
ragtag
ragtime
ragtimer
ragtop
raguly
Ragusa
ragweed
ragwheel

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAGPICKER

ass licker
bicker
bumper sticker
city slicker
clicker
dicker
drug trafficker
flicker
kicker
knicker
licker
ricker
sicker
slicker
snicker
the flicker
tracker
trafficker
tricker
whicker
wicker

Synonyms and antonyms of ragpicker in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ragpicker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAGPICKER

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Translator English - Chinese

ragpicker
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trapero
570 millions of speakers

English

ragpicker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ragpicker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ragpicker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старьевщика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trapeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নেকড়া সংগ্রহকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chiffonnier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ragpicker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lumpensammler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ばた屋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넝마주이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ragpicker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ragpicker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ragpicker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅपिकरर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paçavracı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

straccivendolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ragpicker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лахмітника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ragpicker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ragpicker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voddenraper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ragpicker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ragpicker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ragpicker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGPICKER»

The term «ragpicker» is normally little used and occupies the 122.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGPICKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ragpicker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGPICKER»

Discover the use of ragpicker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ragpicker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Return of the Ragpicker
In the sequel to The Greatest Miracle in the World, the inspirational self-help author offers a set of principles designed to point readers toward a more promising and prosperous future.
Og Mandino, 2010
2
Trash!: On Ragpicker Children and Recycling
An imaginative approach to child rights--intelligently illustrated and designed.
Gita Wolf, Anushka Ravishankar, 2004
3
Selected Writings: 1938-1940
II prete des serments, dicte des lois sublimes, Terrasse les mechants, relive les victimes, Et sous le firmament comme un dais suspendu S'enivre des splendeurs de sa propre vertu.35 [One sees a ragpicker coming — shaking his head, ...
Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, 2003
4
The Writer of Modern Life: Essays on Charles Baudelaire
15 — but rather to an analysis of the poem "Ragpicker's Wine," chosen because of its own evocation of the milieu in which the conspirators operated, a series of cheap taverns outside the city gates. This montage of various aspects of one ...
Walter Benjamin, Michael William Jennings, 2006
5
Georges Seurat: The Drawings
The Ragpicker In the semidarkness of dawn or dusk, at the base of a desolate embankment strewn with jagged branches of dead or dying brush, city in the distance, walks a ragpicker (pl. 63). With his upper body leaning forward beyond his ...
Jodi Hauptman, Karl D. Buchberg, 2007
6
Bearers of the Black Staff
The ragpicker was none of these. He was just an unlucky fool trying to be something he wasn't, making a last-ditch effort to hang onto his life. One-eye struck first, his blade coming in low and swift toward the ragpicker's belly. The second man ...
TERRY BROOKS, 2011
7
Baudelaire's Argot Plastique: Poetic Caricature and Modernism
Look — there! in the street lamp's dingy glow — wind rattling the glass, lashing the flame — out of the muddy labyrinth of streets teeming with unruly, sordid types, a ragpicker stumbles past, wagging his head and bumping into walls with a ...
Ainslie Armstrong McLees, 2010
8
Constellations of Reading: Walter Benjamin in Figures of ...
5.1 The Trash of History: Walter Benjamin and the Dialectical Ragpicker Paris, when seen in a ragpicker's hamper, is nothing much ... to think that I have all Paris here in this wicker basket ...! Felix Pyat, Le Chiffonnier (cit. J88a,4) To assemble ...
Carlo Salzani, 2009
9
To Nun with Love and Other Stories
The. Ragpicker's. Daughter. Against the backdrop of the nascent orange light expanding all along the horizon on this early winter morning, the man's figure gradually emerged into a distinct outline. Sunder could now see the ragpicker's nimble ...
Shiv Kumar Kumar, 2002
10
Computerworld
Copitolizes on Incomplete Work 6 By Miles Benson Special to CW One of the strangest computing stories I can recall is the one I choose to call “The Ragpicker ." The Ragpicker - it was not his name, of course, but it describes him very well, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAGPICKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ragpicker is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ragpicker's son secures 50% in HSLC
I would like to thank my mother for enduring so much pain to help me continue my studies," said Sujab, whose father is a ragpicker, from a corner in his hut ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
The Surprising Riches of the Ragpicker
Fr. Paul Glynn's "The Smile of a Ragpicker: The Life of Satoko Kitahara" is an excellent biography of a figure deserving to be better known in the West. July 01 ... «Catholic World Report, Jul 15»
3
During The Day She's Just Another Ragpicker. By Night She Is …
She has lived here for more than three decades and is a ragpicker. Better known as Amma in the neighbourhood, she earns only to look after hundreds of dogs ... «Indiatimes.com, Jun 15»
4
From Ragpicker to Speaker in Geneva Conference
Pune: Suman More's life has been a rags-to-recognition journey. As an illiterate, impoverished ragpicker from Pune, the 50-year-old could never have imagined ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
5
'Woman ragpicker earns Rs. 7.20 lakh per annum'
A woman ragpicker from Kurunthudaiyarpuram in Kokkirakulam near the Collectorate earns Rs. 7.20 lakh per annum, as per the income certificate given by the ... «The Hindu, May 15»
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Woman ragpicker earns Rs. 7.20 lakh per annum, says income …
A woman ragpicker from Kurunthudaiyarpuram in Kokkirakulam near the Collectorate earns Rs. 7.20 lakh per annum, as per the income certificate given by the ... «The Hindu, May 15»
7
Ragpicker inspires Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's 'Ammini'
The film's story will not be based on the ragpicker's life, clarifies Lakshmy. "She'll be the ... Will Lakshmy cast an older actress to essay the part of the ragpicker? «Zee News, Jan 15»
8
Ragpicker, beggar raped, murdered in Salem
SALEM ( TAMIL NADU): In brutal attacks on women from the poor strata, a ragpicker and a beggar were found murdered after rape in two different incidents in ... «Times of India, Nov 14»
9
The Smile of a Ragpicker by Paul Glynn, SM
The Smile of a Ragpicker brings us a deeper view of Japanese spirituality and the spirit of the country after losing World War II. I thought I knew a lot about such ... «Patheos, Nov 14»
10
Aurangabad: Explosion in garbage dump kills ragpicker woman
A woman ragpicker died in an explosion at a garbage dump in the outskirts of Aurangabad city on Thursday morning. Police have identified the deceased as ... «Indian Express, Oct 14»

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