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Grammar : Adj, noun
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈrægˌtæg

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Définition of ragtag

Origin :
  • also rag-tag, "ragged people collectively," 1820, from rag (n.) + tag (n.); originally in expression rag-tag and bobtail "the rabble" (tag-rag and bobtail is found in 1650s), with bobtail an old 17c. word for "cur." Tag and rag was "very common in 16-17th c." [OED]
  • As in mangy : adj scruffy
  • As in ragtag and bobtail : noun lowest common denominator
Example sentences :
  • Strange, too, he came of good family; good blood in his veins; and yet he seems to have gone right down with the ragtag.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Without the populace having any hand in it, the ragtag and bobtail of the strangers became bolder and shouted more and more.
  • Extract from : « The Legend of Ulenspiegel » by Charles de Coster
  • To make myself amiable and pay court to all the ragtag and bobtail is not in my line.
  • Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

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