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ragabash, n. and a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈrægəbæʃ|
Forms: 7–9 raggabash, 8–9 rag(g)abrash, 9 ragabash, (ragabosh, Sc. rag-a-buss).
[App. f. rag n.1, with fanciful ending.]
1. An idle worthless fellow; a ragamuffin.
1609Healey Discov. New World i. v. 81 They are the veriest Lack-latines, and the most Vn-alphabeticall raggabashes that euer bred lowse. 1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss., Raggabrash, an idle ragged person. 1825in Jamieson Suppl. 1855–In various northern glossaries.
2. collect. Rabble, riff-raff.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 267 The ragabash were ordered back. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 361 This scum of frantic knavery and ragabosh. 1891Hall Caine Scapegoat xxv, The raggabash of the Sultan's following had slunk away ashamed.
3. attrib. or as adj. Beggarly.
1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck, etc. II. 47 He thought proper to ascribe it a' to his ragabash prayer. 1829J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXV. 802 The ragabash rascals, who sham being ministers. |