'Ragpicker' definitions:
Definition of 'ragpicker'
From: WordNet
noun
An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
Definition of 'Ragpicker'
From: GCIDE
- Ragpicker \Rag"pick`er\ (r[a^]g"p[i^]k`[~e]r), n. One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ragpicker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- bo,
- bum,
- bummer,
- dogie,
- gamin,
- gamine,
- guttersnipe,
- hobo,
- homeless waif,
- idler,
- landloper,
- lazzarone,
- loafer,
- losel,
- mudlark,
- piker,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- rounder,
- ski bum,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- sundowner,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- tramp,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- wastrel