Translations for „rag and bone man“ in the English » German Dictionary

rag and ˈbone man N Brit dated

rag and bone man

Lumpensammler m old

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English

The weaver hid the money in some rags; however, his wife sells them to a rag and bone man.

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Did the rag and bone man make it?

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But it was decades before the rag and bone man was driven out by dustbins and large-scale landfill sites, the latter seen as a logical use for empty quarries.

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