Bunter: alternatives and connections

A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…

One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.

A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.

A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutter…

A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.

A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.

Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstere…

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.

A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph,…

A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.

(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of…