Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word from the options which is similar in meaning to the given phrase. A person who went round the streets of a town to buy old clothes, furniture and other unwanted things cheaply.

  1. Paper boy

  2. Rag and bone man

  3. Junk keeper

  4. Steel dealer
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A rag and bone man was a historical occupation in Britain where people collected old clothes, furniture, and scrap from streets to sell. Paper boy delivers papers, junk keeper is not a formal term, and steel dealer trades only metal.

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