"rag-and-bone man" meaning in English

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        "A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries)."
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        "(UK, Ireland) A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries)."
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          "word": "bone-grubber"
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          "word": "bone-picker"
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        {
          "word": "ragman"
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        {
          "word": "ragpicker"
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          "word": "scrappie"
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