tagrag

[ tag-rag ]

noun

1. riffraff; rabble.
2. a tatter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagrag¹

First recorded in 1575–85; tag ¹ + rag ¹

Example Sentences

He was close upon them, Mr. Drake and the other comrade being with him, and some tagrag in attendance, as usual.

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Now all that was left to the Liberal party was the tagrag and bobtail.

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I never saw so full a Court, so much nobility with academical tagrag and bobtail.

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He lives a strange life at Brighton, with tagrag and bobtail about him, and always open house.

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Queen was a first-rate merlin—sister of Jubilee, and also, though younger by a year, of Tagrag.

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