In addition to the milkman, the huckster and the bread man, we also had a rag man, which the older people called, "The sheeny." I think the use of this term fell out of use because it eventually became an ethnic slur.

Anyhow, the ragman referred to himself as the sheeny and he would drive his flatbed through the neighborhodd. It was essentially a community garage sale on wheels. If our mothers bought from him, he would give the kids candy.

He would also occasionally buy someone's old, weathered lamp for a dime or some pieces of clothing for change.