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单词 tagraggery
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tagraggeryn.

Etymology: < tag-rag n., adj., and adv. + -ery suffix, collective. (Chiefly Carlylese.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌtagˈraggery.
A tag-rag collection or assemblage; a mass of trumpery odds and ends.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless > collectively
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1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 66 When one is delivered from the tag-raggery of printers' devils.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. vii. 454 Was there ever seen such a travelling tagraggery of a Sovereign Court before?
1871 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches V. App. xi. 188 (note) Antiquarian tagraggeries.
1887 Sat. Rev. 30 July 139/1 The ‘inventing fiend’..has upset the war-ship so utterly, and has pestered it about with such a tag-raggery of small machines.
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