Crossword clues for ragman
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ragman \Rag"man\ (r[a^]g"man), n.; pl. Ragmen (r[a^]g"men). A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman \Rag"man\, n. [See Ragman's roll.]
A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal
bull. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (cx now historical English) A statute issued by Edward I in 1276. 2 (context obsolete English) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull. 3 (cx now historical English) A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing. Etymology 2
n. A dealer in rags.
Wikipedia
Ragman is a fictional DC Comics mystic vigilante and superhero who first appeared in the short-lived comic-book series named after him. He is one of a number of Jewish superheroes, and his continuity is tied to that of DC Comics' Golem, derived from the Golem of Prague of Jewish folklore. Ragman was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert.
Ragman is sometimes compared to the other nighttime defender of Gotham City, Batman.
Ragman may refer to:
- the Rag-and-bone man
- Ragman (comics), a fictional DC Comics mystic vigilante
- The Ragman's Daughter, a 1972 film
- The Ragman's Son, the first autobiography by actor Kirk Douglas
- Ragman Rolls, the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to King Edward I of England
- Răgman village, Poiana Câmpina Commune, Prahova County, Romania
Usage examples of "ragman".
Dupiro, the ragman, who is quite genuinely in love with a kitchen maid there.
There is a certain cold comfort in remembering that Manganese, Mizzi, Maijstral, Dupiro the ragman, that blasted face who caught us at the villa - also work at cross-purposes.
Isidore was drunk, drunk and degraded by a week of guzzling, drunk and so disgusting that a ragman would not have touched him.
Fresh food, not stale, not crumbs and leavingsand we shared a pallet and a blanket that she bought from a ragman that night.
People were picking through the piles of garbage against the walls, scavenging for scraps to sell to the Ragman, Nomo, who lived across the street.
Eula said that Nomo the Ragman would pay for all sorts of things and not ask how they were gotten, paying the best for good metal, like buckles or buttons.
There were draymen and ragmen, tallymen and mudlarks, coal-heavers, lightermen and big bargees.
The lands of Stevenson in Lanarkshire first mentioned in the next century, in the Ragman Roll, lie within twenty miles east.