Mencyclopaedia: Rag & Bone

"Say 'rag and bone' in Britain, and it's odds-on that whoever you're talking to will think of Wilfrid Brambell's malevolent gummy gurning in Steptoe and Son. Say it in the US - especially in New York - and they'll jump to a different conclusion."

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