tagrag

American  

[tag-rag] / ˈtægˌræg /

noun

1. riffraff; rabble.

2. a tatter.

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Etymology

Origin of tagrag

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

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Example Sentences

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tagrag

The laborers, their duty done, walked coolly away; the tagrag withdrew to a safe distance, waiting for what might come next; and Miss Carlyle moved away also.

From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood

And all the tagrag and bobtail in the place behind you?

From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

But so long as they think at Westminster that we're going to convert England with a tagrag and bobtail mob of Irish priests, we never shall make the right men.

From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie

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

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve

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

From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood

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