| 单词 | rag-tag and bob-tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail 1. rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail. extracted from rag-tagn.adj. a. A disreputable or disorganized group of people; the lowest element of a community; the riff-raff or rabble; = tag, rag, and bobtail n. at tag-rag n., adj., and adv. Phrases 1, tag-rag and bob-tail at bob-tail n. 5; (also) a single person of this type. Also occasionally: the whole lot. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot every whita1450 every stitch?a1500 the devil and all1543 prow and poop1561 Christ-cross-row1579 every snip1598 thread and thrum1600 boodle1625 hair and hoof1705 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 tutti quanti1772 lot1791 lock, stock, and barrel1824 stock and fluke1825 the whole boiling1837 box and dice1839 the whole caboodlea1848 sub-cheese1859 the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859 the whole jingbang1866 the whole hypothec1871 the whole ball of wax1882 the whole (entire) shoot1884 (at) every whip-stitch1888 work1899 issue1919 guntz1958 full monty1979 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > collectively > various sorts of tag, rag, and bobtail1645 shag rag and bobtail1708 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble commona1350 rascala1382 rascaldry?1457 routc1475 tag and ragc1535 riff-raff1545 rabble1549 rascabilia1557 rabblement1565 bran1574 rascability1583 rascality1583 canaille1588 canalliary1600 canaglia1607 taga1616 ribble-rabble1635 volge1639 rabble rout1650 tag-rag and bob-tail1660 mobile1676 mobility1690 mob1691 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 kennel1726 rough scruff1814 rough scuff1816 tag-rag1826 rascalry1827 rascalment1832 doggery1843 polloi1856 raggle-taggle1958 1725 W. Teague Let. in Mist's Weekly Jrnl. 2 Oct. My Assistance in this Piece of Impudence, if it should ever succeed, will be esteemed Persons of Worth and Reputation, especially if they should be indicted, though they are Rag-Tag, and Bob-tail, and be thought witty. 1780 Rhyme & Reason 17 Locks may be open'd, and keys may be stole, Or rag-tag and bob-tail creep through the keyhole. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 318 This Journal cuts up the rag-tag and bobtail of the faction. 1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 18 Mar. 8/2 The ruff-scruff and rag-tag-and-bob-tail of noble old Calaveras. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. vi. 95 He shall have them all, rag, tag, and bobtail. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale iii. 41 It was horrid to have all that rag-tag and bobtail down from town every year. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! iii. 36/1 Any rag, tag and bobtail who could reach a fire with a vehicle which might pass as a ‘fire engine’ was..getting in the way of the trained firemen. b. attributive. Disreputable; disorderly; disorganized. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [noun] > person of rag-tag and bob-tail1830 disreputable1853 cheeseball1986 1830 C. Darwin Let. 1 Apr. in Corr. (1985) I. 102 This letter is a strange rag-tag & bob tail affair. 1926 Red Bk. Mag. May 168/3 Pauline and I are making a lot of desirable friends, getting away from the rag-tag-and-bobtail crowd we used to go with. 2003 Yours Oct. 132/1 With a few books and only the time between air-raids in which to teach, she gave us—a ragtag and bobtail lot aged from five to 14 years—a thirst for knowledge. < as lemmas |
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