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- noun Plural form of
ragpicker .
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Examples
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In the slums of Delhi, "ragpickers" make a modest living salvaging discarded plastic bags for cleaning and reuse in products such as the new Rag-Bags,
INHABITAT Moe Beitiks 2010
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Soeur Emmanuelle, the Belgian born sister who devoted her life to "ragpickers" and slum dwellers in North Africa has died in France aged 99.
CathNews 2008
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Most of the slumdwellers are ragpickers who sort through heaps of trash for scraps of plastic, glass, metal, even bones, anything they can sell to recyclers for cash.
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For this, Abbé Pierre was sometimes referred to as the "ragpickers 'saint".
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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For this, Abbé Pierre was sometimes referred to as the "ragpickers 'saint".
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Kamalbhai Parmar (63) has been running the 'School on Foothpath' for the children of labourers, ragpickers, domestic servants etc for the last ten years in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, February 4, 2010.
Right to Education 2010
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Sam Panthaky/AFP Kamalbhai Parmar (63) has been running the 'School on Foothpath' for the children of labourers, ragpickers, domestic servants etc for the last ten years in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, February
Right to Education 2010
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A Brooklyn artist visits the garbage dumps of Rio de Janeiro to paint the ragpickers.
'Waste Land,' Documentary on Brooklyn Artist and Rio's Garbage Pickers (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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For this, Abbé Pierre was sometimes referred to as the "ragpickers 'saint".
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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A Brooklyn artist visits the garbage dumps of Rio de Janeiro to paint the ragpickers.
'Waste Land,' Documentary on Brooklyn Artist and Rio's Garbage Pickers (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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