Definition of Ragtags

1. ragtag [n] - See also: ragtag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragtags

ragouted
ragouting
ragouts
ragpicker
ragpicker's disease
ragpickers
rags
rags and tatters
rags to riches
ragsorter
ragsorter's disease
ragstone
ragstones
ragtag
ragtag and bobtail
ragtags (current term)
ragtime
ragtimer
ragtimers
ragtimes
ragtimey
ragtimy
ragtop
ragtops
ragu
raguinite
raguled
raguly
ragus
ragweed

Literary usage of Ragtags

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. One Act Plays by Alice Brown (1921)
"In this ardent devotion to her profession she wears flighty ragtags and floating veils. They all surround her and begin chorusing, "You got the cup? ..."

2. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"She visited all classes, from the respectable down to what she called the ' ragtags ' of the town. These last were her favourites, and her chief happiness ..."

3. Across China on Foot: Life in the Interior and the Reform Movement by Edwin John Dingle (1911)
"A couple of years ago Yiin-nan had practically no army—none more than the military ragtags of the old school, whose chief weapon of war was the opium pipe. ..."

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