rag trade

noun

makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

• Hypernyms: ↑industry

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—rag trader.

Slang.

the garment, clothing, or fashion industry. Also called rag business.

[1835-45]

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rag trade noun (informal)

The trade concerned with designing, making and selling clothes

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Main Entry: ↑rag

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rag trade,

Slang. the garment industry.

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n. the rag trade informal the clothing or fashion industry

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noun

the rag trade

chiefly Brit informal : the business of designing, making, and selling clothes : the fashion industry

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the ˈrag trade f15 [rag trade] noun singular (old-fashioned, informal)

the business of designing, making and selling clothes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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rag trade — ► NOUN informal ▪ the clothing or fashion industry … English terms dictionary
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rag trade — {n. phr.} The clothing industry. * /My brother is working in the rag trade, manufacturing dresses./ … Dictionary of American idioms
rag\ trade — n. phr. the clothing industry. My brother is working in the rag trade, manufacturing dresses … Словарь американских идиом
rag trade — noun the rag trade BrE the business of making and selling clothes, especially women s clothes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rag trade, the — rag ,trade, the noun VERY INFORMAL the clothing industry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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