(British) A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items.
(British) A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items.
No comments yet — say something.
Add your own interpretation of "rag-and-bone shop".
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
See all British & Irish slang slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with R.
(UK, Irish) A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries).
(UK, obsolete) An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
(North America) A shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
(US, Canada) A shop that sells used goods for their owners (consigners) in exchange for a portion of the proceeds.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A small, disreputable printing office.