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ragbag
[ rag-bag ]
noun
- a bag in which small pieces of cloth are kept for use in mending.
- a mixture or conglomeration:
a ragbag of facts, half-truths, and blatant lies.
ragbag
/ ˈræɡˌbæɡ /
noun
- a bag for storing odd rags
- a confused assortment; jumble
a ragbag of ideas
- informal.a scruffy or slovenly person
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"As if any man would want to squeeze such a ragbag o' tawdry finery and milliners' tinsel," said Radisson afterward to me.
Oh, he knew he was a girlish-headed ragbag, but if they would only spare him this once!
But I guess Hale's memory is like a ragbag—stuffed with odds and ends that he can't get hold of when he wants 'em.
He was dreadfully dirty and unshaven, his collar and frock-coat looked as if they had been fished up from a ragbag.
I don't want a walrus, thirty years old, with ragbag clothes that fit her a foot off.
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