ragged regiment
noun
(Originally) a group of beggars; the class of beggars; (later) the group of funereal wax effigies of royalty and nobility kept in Westminster Abbey.
- The deteriorated state of these relics and their garments gave rise to the humorous name..
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Dekker (c1572–1632), playwright and pamphleteer.
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