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тряпи́чник

rare #52151

nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
rag-picker, ragman, rag-and-bone man, junk dealer
Тряпи́чник ходи́л по двора́м и собира́л ста́рые вещи.
The rag-and-bone man went round the yards collecting old things.
Historical trade; mostly encountered in older texts.
2.
(rare) clothes-horse, fashion victim, dandy
Он тако́й тряпи́чник, то́лько о руба́шках и ду́мает.
He's such a clothes-horse - all he thinks about is shirts.
Colloquial and disparaging.

Examples

Тряпичник ходил по улицам с большим мешком.
The rag-picker walked through the streets with a large sack.
Старый тряпичник собирал тряпьё по дворам.
The old rag-picker collected rags from the courtyards.
В нашем городе давно не видели тряпичников.
No one has seen any rag-pickers in our town for a long time.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	тряпи́чник	тряпи́чники
Gen.Genitive	тряпи́чника	тряпи́чников
Dat.Dative	тряпи́чнику	тряпи́чникам
Acc.Accusative	тряпи́чника	тряпи́чников
Inst.Instrumental	тряпи́чником	тряпи́чниками
Prep.Prepositional	тряпи́чнике	тряпи́чниках

Word familyтряпи́чникPRO

тряпи́чникrag-picker; clothes-horse
nounmasculine
тряпи́чницаrag-picker; woman obsessed with clothes
nounfeminine

Related words

See also

тря́пкаrag

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Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.

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More about the translations

clothes-horse dandy dealer fashion junk man rag-and-bone rag-picker ragman victim