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

Before long, her place among the elites of the rag trade was secure.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2022

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

And although Sam M'Gruder, the junior partner in the rag trade, was not a very romantic sort of character, yet did he feel an intense sympathy for him.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James