tag-ragn.adj.adv.

/ˈtaɡraɡ/

Etymology: Originally two words, = both tag and rag : compare tag n.¹ 10b; at length taken as expressing one notion, and hyphenated or written as one word, tag-rag, tagrag.

A. n.

a. The rabble, the riff-raff; also (with plural) a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person. Now rare except as in Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)

chenaille1340

offal?a1425

putaylea1425

ribaldail1489

abject1526

offscouring1526

dreg1531

outsweeping1535

braggery1548

ribaldry1550

raff1557

sink1574

cattle1579

offscum1579

rabble1579

baggagery1589

scum1590

waste1592

menialty1593

baggage1603

froth1603

refuse1603

tag-rag1609

retriment1615

trasha1616

recrement1622

silts1636

garbage1648

riffle-raffle1668

raffle1670

riff-raff1678

scurf1688

mob1693

scouring1721

ribble-rabble1771

sweeping1799

clamjamphrie1816

ragabash1823

scruff1836

residuum1851

talent1882

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble > one belonging to the rabble

ribalderc1400

rascalc1475

rascaller?1518

riff-raff1602

tag-rag1609

rascabilian1616

mob1703

rag-tag1802

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

1609 R. Eburne Maintenance of Ministerie 173 Then the ministerie was filled vp with Tag, rag, such as the time would yeeld.

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D3^v Tag, rag, or other, Hoger-Mogen vanden Skip-Iacks, or Chouses.

1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 15 A company of lamentable Tag-rags..going under the names of Colonels, Majors, and Captains.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 85 If ever he prays, it's..to some Tag-rag, to fetch him a little Ship-Beer.

1826 T. Moore Canonization of St. B-tt-rw-rth xi Call quickly together the whole tribe of Canters, Convoke all the serious Tag-rag of the nation.

1870 J. Patrick Let. 10 Nov. in D. O. Hunter Life Marquess of Bute (1921) v. 96 At the funeral the Rothesay tag-rag outside cheered me as I left the churchyard.

b. With reference to tag n.¹ 9, 1, and rag n.²: A ragged tag or appendage.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > raggedly

tatter-wagc1400

tag1402

tatter1402

tatter-wallop1808

tag-rag1827

1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 185 No story proceeds without the most erratic digressions, and voluminous tagrags rolling after it.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/2 Sentences..buttressed up by props (of parentheses and dashes), and ever, with this or the other tagrag hanging from them.

1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 18 A rude imitation of the human shape..dressed in some tag-rags of finery.

B. adj.

†1. Of or belonging to the rabble. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] > belonging to the rabble

rascala1450

rascally1592

ribble-rabble1598

riff-raff1598

tag-raga1616

rabblea1633

rag-tag1860

raggle-taggle1891

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 258 If the tag-ragge people did not clap him, and hisse him,..I am no true man.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 90 Tag-rag Plebeans.

2. Consisting of tags and rags of dress, etc.; dressed in rags, ragged.

1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 303 Clad in the tagrag garb of democracy.

1897 Daily News 1 Nov. 6/3 Love for his dear, tag-rag, genial, happy-go-lucky green isle!

†C. adv. (for tag and rag.)

All to tags and rags; also, pell-mell; one and all; in a mingled crowd or heap, promiscuously. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb]

pelly mellya1500

ribble-rabble?a1525

confusely1540

huddlea1555

confusedly1566

pell-mell1579

tag-rag1582

helter-skelter1593

promiscuously1593

pell-mell1596

confusively1599

mel-pella1600

promiscually1602

squimble-squamble1611

promiscuous1616

clutteringly1624

promiscously1635

perplexly1670

skimble-skamble1775

skimper-scamper1778

hodge-podge1848

hugger-mugger1880

rumble-jumble1887

muddledly1914

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adverb] > to bits or pieces

membratlyc1429

tag-rag1582

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Thee northen bluster aproching Thee sayls tears tag rag, to the sky thee waues vphoysing.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. ii. sig. L2^v Men, and Women, And of all sorts, tag-rag, [have] beene seene to flock here.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. i. iv. 150 After Dinner they all went tag-rag together to the willow-grove.

Phrases

P1.

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.

P2. attributive.

1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 53 The Dramatis Personæ,..a Tag-Rag and Bob Tail Crew.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. vii. 71 Fancy..having your house filled with her confounded tag-rag-and-bobtail of relations!

1890 Guardian 15 Oct. 1597/1 Inspectors belonging to ‘the tag-rag and bobtail class’.

Derivatives

tag, rag, and bobtailry n. (and variations tag, rag, and long-tail; tag, rag, and rascality)

1701 in New Jersey Arch. (1881) II. 414 At ye disposall of ye tag, rag, and Rascality.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 113 To make a Match with Tag-rag, and Long-tail.

1858 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth (1859) 248 A tag, rag, and bobtailry..gathered together..for electioneering purposes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tag-rag
释义	tag-ragn.adj.adv. /ˈtaɡraɡ/ Etymology: Originally two words, = both tag and rag : compare tag n.¹ 10b; at length taken as expressing one notion, and hyphenated or written as one word, tag-rag, tagrag. A. n. a. The rabble, the riff-raff; also (with plural) a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person. Now rare except as in Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble > one belonging to the rabble ribalderc1400 rascalc1475 rascaller?1518 riff-raff1602 tag-rag1609 rascabilian1616 mob1703 rag-tag1802 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 1609 R. Eburne Maintenance of Ministerie 173 Then the ministerie was filled vp with Tag, rag, such as the time would yeeld. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D3^v Tag, rag, or other, Hoger-Mogen vanden Skip-Iacks, or Chouses. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 15 A company of lamentable Tag-rags..going under the names of Colonels, Majors, and Captains. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 85 If ever he prays, it's..to some Tag-rag, to fetch him a little Ship-Beer. 1826 T. Moore Canonization of St. B-tt-rw-rth xi Call quickly together the whole tribe of Canters, Convoke all the serious Tag-rag of the nation. 1870 J. Patrick Let. 10 Nov. in D. O. Hunter Life Marquess of Bute (1921) v. 96 At the funeral the Rothesay tag-rag outside cheered me as I left the churchyard. b. With reference to tag n.¹ 9, 1, and rag n.²: A ragged tag or appendage. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > raggedly tatter-wagc1400 tag1402 tatter1402 tatter-wallop1808 tag-rag1827 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 185 No story proceeds without the most erratic digressions, and voluminous tagrags rolling after it. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/2 Sentences..buttressed up by props (of parentheses and dashes), and ever, with this or the other tagrag hanging from them. 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 18 A rude imitation of the human shape..dressed in some tag-rags of finery. B. adj. †1. Of or belonging to the rabble. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] > belonging to the rabble rascala1450 rascally1592 ribble-rabble1598 riff-raff1598 tag-raga1616 rabblea1633 rag-tag1860 raggle-taggle1891 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 258 If the tag-ragge people did not clap him, and hisse him,..I am no true man. View more context for this quotation 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 90 Tag-rag Plebeans. 2. Consisting of tags and rags of dress, etc.; dressed in rags, ragged. Π 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 303 Clad in the tagrag garb of democracy. 1897 Daily News 1 Nov. 6/3 Love for his dear, tag-rag, genial, happy-go-lucky green isle! †C. adv. (for tag and rag.) All to tags and rags; also, pell-mell; one and all; in a mingled crowd or heap, promiscuously. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb] pelly mellya1500 ribble-rabble?a1525 confusely1540 huddlea1555 confusedly1566 pell-mell1579 tag-rag1582 helter-skelter1593 promiscuously1593 pell-mell1596 confusively1599 mel-pella1600 promiscually1602 squimble-squamble1611 promiscuous1616 clutteringly1624 promiscously1635 perplexly1670 skimble-skamble1775 skimper-scamper1778 hodge-podge1848 hugger-mugger1880 rumble-jumble1887 muddledly1914 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adverb] > to bits or pieces membratlyc1429 tag-rag1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Thee northen bluster aproching Thee sayls tears tag rag, to the sky thee waues vphoysing. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. ii. sig. L2^v Men, and Women, And of all sorts, tag-rag, [have] beene seene to flock here. View more context for this quotation 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. i. iv. 150 After Dinner they all went tag-rag together to the willow-grove. Phrases P1. 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. P2. attributive. Π 1730 ‘T. Thumb’ Helter Skelter Way of Writing 53 The Dramatis Personæ,..a Tag-Rag and Bob Tail Crew. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. vii. 71 Fancy..having your house filled with her confounded tag-rag-and-bobtail of relations! 1890 Guardian 15 Oct. 1597/1 Inspectors belonging to ‘the tag-rag and bobtail class’. Derivatives tag, rag, and bobtailry n. (and variations tag, rag, and long-tail; tag, rag, and rascality) Π 1701 in New Jersey Arch. (1881) II. 414 At ye disposall of ye tag, rag, and Rascality. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 113 To make a Match with Tag-rag, and Long-tail. 1858 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth (1859) 248 A tag, rag, and bobtailry..gathered together..for electioneering purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.adv.1582
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