RAG TRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rag trade mean? 

• RAG TRADE (noun)
  The noun RAG TRADE has 1 sense:

1. makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

  Familiarity information: RAG TRADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAG TRADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

apparel industry; fashion business; fashion industry; garment industry; rag trade

Hypernyms ("rag trade" is a kind of...):

industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)