What's the difference between bagman and ragman?

Bagman


Definition:

  • (n.) A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By discussing the name of the slush fund on an application for its incorporation, it says, “Julia Gillard’s conduct in this respect must be regarded as a lapse of professional judgment, but nothing more sinister.” The report does recommend Victorian and West Australian authorities consider fraud charges against Wilson and his union “bagman”, Ralph Blewitt.
  • (2) So hardly a journalist by most definitions; more of a bagman on his own account.

Ragman


Definition:

  • (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
  • (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the face of such a profound shift in a people’s social and political consciousness, slogans such as “Vote SNP, get Tory” or “The biggest party always forms the government” are as worthless as two blows on a ragman’s trumpet.

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