| 单词 | tag, rag, and bobtail |
| 释义 | > as lemmastag, rag, and bob-tail 5. collectively. [Perhaps referring to 2 and 3.] tag-rag and bob-tail, or tag, rag, and bob-tail: the common herd, the rabble. Also plural. See tag n.1 ΘΚΠ 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 1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Mar. (1970) I. 78 The dining-room..was full of tag, rag, and bobtail, dancing, singing, and drinking. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) ii. 8 Tagrags and Bobtails of the sacred Brush! 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 75 That lowest class of the community who are vulgarly denominated the Tag-Rag and Bobtail. 1820 Ld. Byron Blues ii. 23 The rag, tag, and bobtail of those they call ‘Blues’. 1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 105 The tag-rag and bob-tail part of the citizens of Edinburgh. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 134 We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 180 She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags and bobtails that hung around the saloons. tag, rag, and bobtail tag, rag, and bobtail n. (Now sometimes tagrag and bobtail) [originally an extension of tag and rag (tag n.1 10b): see also bobtail v.] A contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all and sundry, esp. those of lower social status. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective] > of various sorts tag, rag, and bobtail1645 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 1645 Just Defence John Bastwick 16 That rabble rout tag ragge and bobtaile. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Mar. (1970) I. 78 They all went down into the dining-room, where it was full of tag, rag, and bobtail, dancing, singing, and drinking. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables clxxxv. 155 Jupiter..Invited all Living Creatures, Tag-Rag, and Bob-tail, to the Solemnity of his Wedding. 1728 J. Byrom Let. 4 Jan. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1854) I. i. 287 Here's thy good health..and all thy little tag, rag, and bobtails. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) ii. 8 Tagrags and Bobtails of the sacred Brush! 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 134 ‘We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house, sir,’ answered John. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. xiii. 251 The mounted police charged the crowd..and our party had to fly before them along with tag, rag, and bob-tail. < as lemmas |
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