ragtag
See also: rag-tag
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.
Adjective edit
ragtag (comparative more ragtag, superlative most ragtag)
- 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.
- Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
Translations edit
unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair
very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components
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Noun edit
ragtag (plural ragtags)
- 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.