Noun: ragman
| Singular | ragman |
| Plural | ragmen; ragmans |
Sample Sentences
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For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen. [1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14:]
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Oh, the ragman draws circles / Up and down the block / I'd ask him what the matter was / But I know that he don't talk [1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:]
Nouns inflected like ragman
ironman,
huntsman,
wasteman,
hoodman,
heliman,
sweeterman,
iron man,
batman,
common yeoman,
tenniswoman,
fremman,
Superman,
ragman,
Etymology
From rag + man.