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1 Tag-rag -- rank: 1000

Tag-rag definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tag-rag Tag"-rag`, n. & a. [See Tag an end, and Rag.] The ...

2 Tag and rag -- rank: 955

Tag and rag definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tag Tag, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw ... speech; cue. 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. 5. A sheep ...

3 Rag tag and bobtail -- rank: 939

Rag tag and bobtail definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bobtail Bob"tail ... animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.

4 TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL -- rank: 929

TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue An ... assemblage of low people, the mobility of all sorts. To tag after one like a tantony pig: to follow one wherever ...

5 tag, rag, and bobtail -- rank: 923

tag, rag, and bobtail definitions Merriam Webster's or tagrag and bobtail ...

6 rag-tag -- rank: 923

rag-tag definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see ragtag

7 Rag -- rank: 900

Rag definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RAG, n. [Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock ... rags, will keep me warm. 3. A fragment of dress. RAG. v.t. To scold; to rail. [Local.] WordNet (r) 3 ... n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter] 2: a week at British universities during ...

8 Tag -- rank: 897

Tag definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TAG, n. [L. digitus.] 1. A metallic point put to the ... end of a string. 2. Something mean and paltry; as tag-rag people. [Vulgar.] 3. A young sheep. [Local.] TAG, v.t. To fit with a point; as, to tag lace. 1. To fit one thing to another; to ...

9 Rag bolt -- rank: 645

Rag bolt definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rag Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r ... tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller ... 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of ...

10 Rag carpet -- rank: 645

Rag carpet definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rag Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r ... tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller ... 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of ...

11 Rag dust -- rank: 645

Rag dust definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rag Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r ... tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller ... 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of ...

12 Rag wheel -- rank: 645

Rag wheel definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rag Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r ... tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller ... 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of ...

13 Rag wool -- rank: 645

Rag wool definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rag Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r ... tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller ... 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of ...

14 tag end -- rank: 587

tag end definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1807 1. the ...

15 ragtag -- rank: 571

... and bobtail) derog. the rabble or common people. Etymology: earlier tag-rag, tag and rag, f. RAG(1) + TAG(1) Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also rag-tag If ...