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His father worked as a ragman (hence the title of Mr. Douglas’s autobiography) who never was able to crack the American dream and took out his frustrations on his son.
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Jay Carr, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
Sandy Alderson, the Mets’ general manager, has proved a fine ragman by picking players off scrap heaps.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2016
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Jay Carr, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
Sandy Alderson, the Mets’ general manager, has proved a fine ragman by picking players off scrap heaps.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2016
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“Ragman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ragman. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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ragman
noun
rag·man
ˈrag-ˌman 
: a collector of or dealer in rags
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