tagrag[adjective]Synonyms: shabby, bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, run-down, seedy, tacky, threadbare
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tagrag adverb, noun, & adjective.
['tagrag] Orig. as two words.
L16.[from TAG noun1 + RAG noun1. Cf. RAGTAG.]A. adverb. All to rags and tatters. Also, one and all; in a mingled crowd or heap.
L16-M18.b. noun.
1. collect. The rabble, the common people. Now chiefly in
tagrag and bobtail below.
E17.tagrag and bobtail: see
BOBTAIL noun 3b.
b. A member of the rabble; a low despicable person. Now
rare or
obsolete.
M17.2. A ragged tag or appendage.
E19.C. adjective. Orig., of or belonging to the rabble. Later, consisting of or dressed in rags and tatters, ragged.
E17. ■ tagraggery noun a tagrag collection or assemblage; a mass of worthless odds and ends:
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