Definition of Rag day

1. Noun. A day on which university students hold a rag.

Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Day
Group relationships: Rag, Rag Week

Definition of Rag day

1. Noun. A day on which university students do silly things for charity; often the culmination of rag week ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rag Day

raftsmen
rafty
rag
rag-and-bone shop
rag-bagger
rag-baggers
rag-chewing
rag-roll
rag-rolled
rag-rolling
rag-week
rag and bone men
rag bagger
rag baggers
rag day (current term)
rag doll
rag dolls
rag gourd
rag paper
rag pudding
rag the puck
rag trade
raga
ragalike
ragamuffin
ragamuffins
ragas

Literary usage of Rag day

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

1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"PAG-RAG-DAY.—The fourteenth of May, which is the day on which yearly ... Molly was at liberty on pag-rag-day."—Lawrence Cheny, Ruth and Gabriel, vol. i., p. ..."

2. Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning Lincolnshire by Eliza Gutch, Mabel Peacock (1908)
"Pack-rag-day.—The 14th of May, the time when the servants in Lincolnshire pack up ... Bank Holidays pass almost unnoticed, but May 14th, or Pag-rag day, ..."

3. The History and Antiquities of Boston: And the Villages of Skirbeck by Pishey Thompson (1856)
"Pag-rag day.—The day when servants change their places, at May-day, or and unseemly expression. Palm.-—Branches of the willow, or the sallow (called by some ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"PACK-RAG-DAY. Old May-day: so called because servants being hired in this county from Old May-day to Old May-day, pack up their rags ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"Pack-rag Day. Old Michaelmas day, on which servants in the country pack up their tatters and go to new services. Packway. A narrow way by which goods could ..."

6. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Pack-rag Day. The day after Martinmas Day, or 23rd November, when Farm-servants leave their places, and consequently have to pack up their clothes and other ..."

7. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"... PACK-RAG-DAY. Old Michaelmas Day; so called, because on this day servants pack up their clothes, on removing to a new service. ..."

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