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ragpicker |
ragpicker's disease |
ragsorter |
ragsorter's disease |
ragtag
| ragtag and bobtail
| ragtime
| raguled
| ragusa
| ragweed
ragtag
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ragtag has 1 sense
- ragtag(n = noun.group) rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff - disparaging terms for the common people; Array is a kind of common people, folk, folks
has particulars: scum, trash
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ragtag, n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. the rabble or common people.
Etymology
earlier tag-rag, tag and rag, f. RAG(1) + TAG(1)
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