tag-rag
31rag·tag — /ˈrægˌtæg/ adj, always used before a noun informal : made up of different people or things and not organized or put together well a ragtag group of musicians …
32rag-tag — …
33pine-tar rag — noun baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip • Hypernyms: ↑rag, ↑shred, ↑tag, ↑tag end, ↑tatter, ↑baseball equipment …
34tagrag — /tag rag /, n. 1. riffraff; rabble. 2. a tatter. [1575 85; TAG1 + RAG1] * * * …
35tagraggery — tag·rag·gery …
36ragtag — 1820, from RAG (Cf. rag) (n.) + TAG (Cf. tag) (n.); originally in expression rag tag and bobtail the rabble (tag rag and bobtail is found in 1650s), from bobtail cur, 1610s. Tag and rag was very common in 16 17th c. [OED] …
37tagrag — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tag (I) + rag 1. : ragtag 2. : a loosely connected tag II. adjective : shabby …
38ragtag — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied: a ragtag group of idealists. ORIGIN superseding earlier tag rag and tag and rag (see RAG(Cf. ↑rag), TAG(Cf. ↑tag)) …
39canaille — n. [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, ignobile vulgus, rag tag, tag rag, tag rag and… …
40ragtag — n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. the rabble or common people. Etymology: earlier tag rag, tag and rag, f. RAG(1) + TAG(1) …
