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What (who) is junkman - definition
AMERICAN BASEBALL PLAYER
Randy Jones (baseball player)
![1978]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Randy Jones - San Diego Padres - 1978.jpg?width=200 "1978]]")
![retired by the Padres]], displayed at [[Petco Park]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/San Diego Padres retired 35.jpg?width=200 "retired by the Padres]], displayed at [[Petco Park]].")
Ragpicker
![Rag-and-bone man in Paris in 1899 (Photo [[Eugène Atget]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lumpensammler.jpg?width=200 "Rag-and-bone man in Paris in 1899 (Photo [[Eugène Atget]])")
![A rag-and-bone man with his horse and cart on the streets of [[Streatham]], southwest London in 1985](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rag-and-bone man, Streatham, London, 1985.jpg?width=200 "A rag-and-bone man with his horse and cart on the streets of [[Streatham]], southwest London in 1985")
![A rag-and-bone man in [[Croydon]], [[London]], May 2011](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rag & Bone Man.jpg?width=200 "A rag-and-bone man in [[Croydon]], [[London]], May 2011")
COLLECTS AND SELLS UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Rag and bone man; Rag and bone; Ragpicker; Rag and Bone Man; Rag And Bone Man; Rag-And-Bone Man; Rag-and-Bone Man; Rag-and-bone men; Rag men; Rag gatherer; Rag picker; Rag-picker; Ragpickers; Rag-picking; Ragpicking; Ragmen; Old-clothesman; Junkdealer; Junk dealer; Bone-grubber; Bone-picker; Bag board; Rag-and-bone woman
·noun One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Ragpicker
COLLECTS AND SELLS UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Rag and bone man; Rag and bone; Ragpicker; Rag and Bone Man; Rag And Bone Man; Rag-And-Bone Man; Rag-and-Bone Man; Rag-and-bone men; Rag men; Rag gatherer; Rag picker; Rag-picker; Ragpickers; Rag-picking; Ragpicking; Ragmen; Old-clothesman; Junkdealer; Junk dealer; Bone-grubber; Bone-picker; Bag board; Rag-and-bone woman
A ragpicker or chiffonnier is someone who makes 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.
rag-and-bone man
COLLECTS AND SELLS UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Rag and bone man; Rag and bone; Ragpicker; Rag and Bone Man; Rag And Bone Man; Rag-And-Bone Man; Rag-and-Bone Man; Rag-and-bone men; Rag men; Rag gatherer; Rag picker; Rag-picker; Ragpickers; Rag-picking; Ragpicking; Ragmen; Old-clothesman; Junkdealer; Junk dealer; Bone-grubber; Bone-picker; Bag board; Rag-and-bone woman
(rag-and-bone men)
A rag-and-bone man is a person who goes from street to street in a vehicle or with a horse and cart buying things such as old clothes and furniture. (BRIT; in AM, use junkman
, junk dealer
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, junk dealer
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Wikipedia
Randy Jones (baseball)
Randall Leo Jones (born January 12, 1950), nicknamed "Junkman", is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets. Jones won the Cy Young Award with San Diego in 1976. The Padres retired his No. 35.
Jones attended Brea-Olinda High School in Brea, California, and Chapman University in Orange, California. He was known for his sinker and the large number of ground-ball outs he induced. He was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame.
Examples of use of junkman
1. Last year the church began renovations, and a junkman hauled away the unidentified stone.