RAG TRADE Definition & Meaning

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rag trade

noun

Slang.

the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.

rag trade

noun

informal.
the clothing business, esp the aspects concerned with the manufacture and sale of dresses

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

rag trader noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of rag trade¹

First recorded in 1835–45

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It is also a nod to London's famous rag trade - the city's fabric merchants, tailors and dressmakers who once dominated the area where the Barbican Centre now stands.

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Before long, her place among the elites of the rag trade was secure.

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His father Gil, brash and charismatic, spent decades in “the rag trade” and traveled to Southeast Asia, bringing back silk scarves and clothes for his wife, Abby.

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Ethan’s father, Gil, is a “rag trade” entrepreneur whose travels have taken him to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Bangladesh, as well as Thailand.

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In Uganda, she photographed the literal signs of the rag trade — as in: the painted, storefront signs that advertise used clothing from the U.S.

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