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Definition of Rag trade
1. Noun. Makers and sellers of fashionable clothing.
Generic synonyms: Industry
Definition of Rag trade
1. Noun. (informal) The fashion industry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rag Trade
Literary usage of Rag trade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1887)
"... though " on the petition of a large number of the importers of foreign rags
and others interested in the foreign rag trade," it straightway showed that ..."
2. The Complete Oarsman by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (1908)
"There are very few (if any) "rag trade" men in the Club now. The social
status (conventionally speaking) is, I suppose, higher, but we are still happily a ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"rag trade, the (tailors), the tailoring business. Also the mantle-making trade.
Rain napper (popular), an umbrella. To nap, to take, seize, receive. ..."
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