Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragtags
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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