different between ragmen vs ragman

English

ragmen

From rag +? man.

ragman (plural ragmen)

A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.

Origin unknown.

ragman (countable and uncountable, plural ragmans)

(historical) A statute issued by Edward I in 1276.
(obsolete) A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
  He bonched hem with his breuet · & blered here eyes / And rau?te with his ragman · rynges and broches […]
(historical, uncountable) A game in which players compete to pull an object from out of a roll of writing.

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