raggle-taggle
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of raggle-taggle
First recorded in 1900–05; alteration of ragtag
Example Sentences
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The production numbers felt more put-on-a-show, raggle-taggle, and human than the big-machine spectacles that the Grammys usually present.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2018
Then he materialized, followed by a raggle-taggle army, Muhammad Ali’s irregulars, your basic rainbow coalition of the late 1960s, falling in step behind him, chanting: “Muhammad Ali is our champ! Muhammad Ali is our champ!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts of the Southern Wild plays out in a fantastical bayou called "the Bathtub", where raggle-taggle outcasts forage through garbage and eat cat food from the tin.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2012
In her version of Rocket Man, Kate Bush gives Elton John's spaceman song the old cod-reggae treatment with a shot of raggle-taggle fiddle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2011
He made up his mind in the beeswaxed dining-room that it was better to be a raggle-taggle wanderer than anything else.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
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