raggle-taggle

[ rag-uhl-tag-uhl ]

adjective

1. ragtag.

raggle-taggle

/ ˈræɡəlˈtæɡəl /

adjective

1. motley or unkempt

   a raggle-taggle band of volunteers and students

Word History and Origins

Origin of raggle-taggle¹

First recorded in 1900–05; alteration of ragtag

Word History and Origins

Origin of raggle-taggle¹

augmented form of ragtag

Example Sentences

"And you," she told him, dabbing at her cheeks with the handkerchief, "have turned into a mop-haired raggle-taggle gypsy on your journeyings. But I suppose you look well, and that is a good thing. Come on, now," and she motioned, impatiently, for him to walk through the gap in the wall, and come to her.

From Literature

A great battle has been won and the war against the Night King is over, but a different war now faces our raggle-taggle band and this one will require a different kind of courage and power.

From The Guardian

The production numbers felt more put-on-a-show, raggle-taggle, and human than the big-machine spectacles that the Grammys usually present.

From Slate

In November 2015, he appeared on stage alongside a raggle-taggle group of Islamophobes and ultra-nationalists.

From BBC

Then he materialized, followed by a raggle-taggle army, Muhammad Ali’s irregulars, your basic rainbow coalition of the late 1960s, falling in step behind him, chanting: “Muhammad Ali is our champ! Muhammad Ali is our champ!”

From New York Times