See also: rag-tag

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From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

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ragtag (comparative more ragtag, superlative most ragtag)

  1. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
    Synonyms: bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered
    He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
  2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
    Synonyms: motley, jumbled, patchwork, uneven
    The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

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ragtag (plural ragtags)

  1. A shabby, unkempt person.
    • 2013, Casper Parks, Ages Past: The Isolation, page 258:
      The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.

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