raggle-taggle

[ rag-uhl-tag-uhl ]

adjective

Origin of raggle-taggle

1
First recorded in 1900–05; alteration of ragtag

Words Nearby raggle-taggle

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How to use raggle-taggle in a sentence

  • He made up his mind in the beeswaxed dining-room that it was better to be a raggle-taggle wanderer than anything else.

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  • To the left, a raggle-taggle thicket of beech brush crawled to within twenty feet of the valley's floor.

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British Dictionary definitions for raggle-taggle

raggle-taggle

/ (ˈræɡəlˈtæɡəl) /


adjective
  1. motley or unkempt: a raggle-taggle band of volunteers and students

Origin of raggle-taggle

1
augmented form of ragtag

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