tagraggery

English

Etymology

From tag-rag +‎ -ery.

Noun

tagraggery (plural tagraggeries)

1. (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

• “tagraggery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “tagraggery, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.