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the ragtag and bobtail

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  • ragtag and bobtail — the riffraff; rabble: The ragtag and bobtail of every nation poured into the frontier in search of gold. Also, rag, tag, and bobtail; tagrag and bobtail. [1810 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • ragtag and bobtail — noun disparaging terms for the common people • Syn: ↑rabble, ↑riffraff, ↑ragtag • Hypernyms: ↑folk, ↑folks, ↑common people • Hyponyms: ↑trash …   Useful english dictionary

  • ragtag and bobtail — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A group of persons regarded as the lowest class: dreg (often used in plural), lumpenpro letanat, rabble, riffraff, trash. Slang: scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See OVER, RICH …   English dictionary for students

  • ragtag and bobtail — rag′tag and bob′tail n. the riffraff or rabble • Etymology: 1810–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • rag, tag, and bobtail — noun or ragtag and bobtail : rabble, riffraff the rag, tag, and bobtail of the city Kenneth Roberts a ragtag and bobtail army F.V.W.Mason …   Useful english dictionary

  • ragtag — [rag′tag΄] n. [ RAG1 + TAG] the lowest classes; rabble: usually ragtag and bobtail adj. 1. raggedy, unkempt, disorderly, etc. 2. made up of mixed or ill sorted elements …   English World dictionary

  • ragtag — /ˈrægtæg/ (say ragtag) noun 1. the worst elements; riffraff. –phrase 2. ragtag and bobtail, riffraff or rabble. {rag1 + tag1 (def. 20) …  

  • ragtag — n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. the rabble or common people. Etymology: earlier tag rag, tag and rag, f. RAG(1) + TAG(1) …   Useful english dictionary

  • ragtag — 1820, from RAG (Cf. rag) (n.) + TAG (Cf. tag) (n.); originally in expression rag tag and bobtail the rabble (tag rag and bobtail is found in 1650s), from bobtail cur, 1610s. Tag and rag was very common in 16 17th c. [OED] …   Etymology dictionary

  • ragtagand bobtail — ragtag and bobtail n. The lowest social class; the rabble. * * * …   Universalium

  • rabble — Synonyms and related words: and bobtail, army, bourgeoisie, canaille, cluster, cohue, common ruck, commonalty, commoners, crowd, crush, deluge, dregs, dregs of society, flock, flood, galaxy, gang, heap, hoi polloi, horde, host, jam, legion, lower …   Moby Thesaurus

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