> >#The New Shorter OED gives : (L19) "a rag & bone collector.." > > >... Howcum it's not in the Longer OED, then? Tut-tut, OED. Tut-tut, M-W. "Webster's 2nd" (ca. 1934, I think): "one who reclaims odds and ends from refuse cans, dumps, etc., in order to sell them." Updated in "Webster's 3rd" to, uh, [nothing]. -- Doug Wilson