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tagrag (iou)



tagrag adverb, noun, & adjective. ['tagrag] Orig. as two words. L16.
[from TAG noun1 + RAG noun1. Cf. RAGTAG.]
A. adverb. All to rags and tatters. Also, one and all; in a mingled crowd or heap. L16-M18.
b. noun.
collect. The rabble, the common people. Now chiefly in tagrag and bobtail below. E17.
tagrag and bobtail: see BOBTAIL noun 3b.
b. A member of the rabble; a low despicable person. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
A ragged tag or appendage. E19.
C. adjective. Orig., of or belonging to the rabble. Later, consisting of or dressed in rags and tatters, ragged. E17.
tagraggery noun a tagrag collection or assemblage; a mass of worthless odds and ends: M19.