What was the name for the men who steered horse-drawn carts around town, collecting discarded junk?
Answer Rag and bone men
Once a common site, rag and bone men collected cast-off items to sell to manufacturers, like rags used for paper making. Also called bone pickers, these collectors were also scavenging for animal bones to sell to glue factories.
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