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ragtail, a. orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈrægteɪl|
Also rag-tail.
[f. rag n.1 + tail n.1; perh. influenced by phr. rag, tag, and bobtail: see bobtail n. C. 4.]
Of people, things, and their appearance: oddly assorted, disorganized or disorderly; untidy, shabby, scraggly.
1972J. Mosedale Football v. 79 He coached two tumultuous years for the New York Titans, a ragtail predecessor of the Jets in the American Football League. 1977Washington Post 27 Oct. c11/2 A ‘ragtail group’ led by a white minister came to his office several years ago, ‘talking management and rehabilitation’. 1983Listener 3 Feb. 37/4 Big Joe..is persuaded by a ragtail posse to show off his legendary skills with a sixgun. 1983Christian Science Monitor 27 June 21/1, I see you in the garden and think once more, for each there is a place where, when it is found, the ragtail odds and ends of amorphous dreams, unfinished thoughts may fuse and come together. 1986Look Now Oct. 15/3 Image-wise, the tough, brazen bitch is tamed. Gone is the rag-tail hair, the net skirts. |