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Definition of Ragmen
1. ragman [n] - See also: ragman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragmen
Literary usage of Ragmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... n. filtering vessel; - forb, m. straining basket; —ragmen, m. frame for a
straining-cloth; —fact, m. straining or filtering bag; ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland (1882)
"A blessing on the ragmen. But for their intervention most of the antiques ...
The ragmen are not absolutely truthful; and if they find that it will enhance ..."
3. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"5, and, indeed, is defined as a blank charter in a letter of Henry IV. in 1399.
The meaning "discourse " or " rhapsody" for "ragmen" seems to have ..."
4. A Century of Parody and Imitation by Walter Jerrold, Robert Maynard Leonard (1913)
"... the winds that blow; Through the shout of the rout Lay the English ragmen low;
Though the shout for gold be fierce and bold, And the English ragmen low. ..."
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