tagraggery
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tagraggery (plural tagraggeries)
- (literary, rare) A miscellaneous collection of shabby or ragtag things.
- 1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume V, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XVIII, page 293:
- Her, and her miscellaneous tagraggery of Confederates, one and all.
References edit
- “tagraggery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “tagraggery, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.