rag trade

rag trade
N-SING: the N
The rag trade is the business and industry of making and selling clothes, especially women's clothes.

The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive.


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  • rag trade — noun the rag trade BrE the business of making and selling clothes, especially women s clothes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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