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单词 raggie
释义 raggie Mil.|ˈrægɪ|
Also raggy.
[f. rag n.1 + -ie.]
1. A mess jacket. Obs.
1843F. J. Bellew Mem. Griffin I. ix. 126 As for myself, in my scarlet raggie, brimstone facings,..and regulation sword, in my own opinion, I looked quite the god of war.1903N. & Q. 26 Dec. 512/2 In India, in the early part of last century,..the scarlet ‘shell’ jacket, or mess jacket—almost the only uniform then worn in that country—was invariably called a ‘raggie’, and this not jocularly or as slang, but seriously and as a matter of course.
2. Naval slang. (See quot. 1912.)
1912‘Aurora’ Jock Scott xiv. 170 A ‘raggy’ is a friend whom you know so intimately that you feel you could with confidence keep your brass-rags in the same bag as his.1914‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xiv. 111 ‘If I don't get no letter this mail—so 'elp me I stops me 'arf pay,’ he confided grimly to a ‘Raggie’.1916‘Taffrail’ Carry On! 27 Men who are friendly with each other are ‘raggies’, because they have the free run of each others' polishing paste and rags; but if their friendship terminates they are said to have ‘parted brass-rags’.1946J. Irving Royal Navalese 143 Raggie, a very close friend.
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