raggedy

[rag-i-dee]

adjective

1. ragged.

raggedy

/ ˈræɡɪdɪ /

adjective

1. informal,  somewhat ragged; tattered

   a raggedy doll

Word History and Origins

Origin of raggedy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; ragged + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“And I don’t need to steal candy bars from this raggedy store when I have money of my own.”

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It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.

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The “Cry Me a River” video captures the L.A. rapper flopping around in a raggedy tent adjoining a rail yard.

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It started with “two shacks on this property. Two raggedy shacks. And look at where we are now,” she said.

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Yet his crown was stripped away by his half brother, a swaggering goofball with a raggedy haircut who grew up above the surface.

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