rag trade

Example Sentences

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It is also a nod to London's famous rag trade - the city's fabric merchants, tailors and dressmakers who once dominated the area where the Barbican Centre now stands.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

Market Center: L.A.’s biggest marketplace for apparel industry insiders will soon open its doors to tenants outside of the rag trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2017

I began as a secretary and worked in the rag trade in a showroom in the West End.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014

You’ve said your piece about her rag trade, and this simply is not worth collapsing your marriage over.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2013

I mean," said the other, "I 'm in the rag trade, and we supply the paper-mills; and that's why my brother Sam lives away in Italy.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James