ragged edge
US informal
noun
The extreme edge; chiefly figurative in on the ragged edge: in an extreme or challenging situation; in a state of distress, resourcelessness, tension, difficulty, etc.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune.
- child study
- child support
- Child Support Agency
- child trafficker
- child trafficking
- child welfare
- childwife
- childwite
- child within
- child-woman
- child worker
- Chile
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- chile con queso
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- Chile saltpetre
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