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[ rag-tag ] / ˈrægˌtæg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ragtag ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveragged or shabby; disheveled. made up of mixed, often diverse, elements: a ragtag crowd. Origin of ragtagFirst recorded in 1880–85; rag1 + tag1 Words nearby ragtagragpicker, rag-rolling, rag rug, rags, ragstone, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, ragtime, ragtop, rag trade, ragù Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ragtagTheir only obstacle is an underfunded, ragtag group of locals who want to preserve the environment. Koch Brothers Invade Tiny Iron County, Wisconsin|Dean Obeidallah|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wildlings: The name given to the ragtag barbarians (see: free folk) who live north of the Wall. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 for Dummies|Jace Lacob|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST The former senator with the ragtag operation has been the streaky candidate who falls just short of winning the big ones. Rick Santorum Whistling Dixie With Projected Wins in Alabama and Mississippi Primaries|Howard Kurtz|March 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST While ragtag fighters duked it out on the ground, an elite crew of NATO planes ran the show from the sky. Libya War’s Unsung Heroes|Clive Irving|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Our ragtag, low-budget location-scout group included Tate, co-producer Sonya Lunsford, Mark, Rena, and me. How We Made 'The Help'|Brunson Green|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST Strange, too, he came of good family; good blood in his veins; and yet he seems to have gone right down with the ragtag. Quiet Talks on Power|S.D. Gordon To make myself amiable and pay court to all the ragtag and bobtail is not in my line. The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky Without the populace having any hand in it, the ragtag and bobtail of the strangers became bolder and shouted more and more. The Legend of Ulenspiegel|Charles de Coster
British Dictionary definitions for ragtag
nounderogatory the common people; rabble (esp in the phrase ragtag and bobtail) Word Origin for ragtagC19 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ragtagdecrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten, poor, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy, squalid, tattered, canaille, rabble, rank and file, riffraff |