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rag trade

noun

makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

• Syn: ↑apparel industry, ↑garment industry, ↑fashion industry, ↑fashion business

• 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.