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Raffia man - maker of straw or grass goods

Rag cutter - worker in a textile (cloth) or paper factory

Raker - street cleaner; one employed to rake street rubbish into piles

Revenuer - an official who enforced tax laws on liquor, working against illegal manufacturing of whisky

Rigger - hoist tackler worker, working on a ship's rigging

Ripper - fish monger; seller of fish

Rodman - a surveyor's assistant

Roper - a maker of rope or nets

Rotarius - wheelwright

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