Definition of "ragpicker" [rag•pick•er]

• One who makes a living scavenging rags and other refuse. (noun)

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• "Possible death mask of Shakespeare found in ragpicker’s shop."
• "The ragpicker's basket is the hyphen between rags and paper, and the ragpicker is the hyphen between the beggar and the philosopher."
• "Since then, his wife, a ragpicker, found two other broken models as she scoured the garbage dump, and he paid to have them repaired."