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ragpicker
CIDE DICTIONARY
ragpicker, n.
One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
ragpicker
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, wastrelFor further exploring for "ragpicker" in Webster Dictionary Online