tagrag

[ tag-rag ]

noun

1. riffraff; rabble.
2. a tatter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagrag¹

First recorded in 1575–85; tag ¹ + rag ¹

Example Sentences

And all the tagrag and bobtail in the place behind you?

From Project Gutenberg

The great and little loaf pranced in front of him on spears, and if his procession was not quite so fine or so large as his opponent's, it must be admitted that the blackguards of the town showed no preference and that he could boast about an equal number of the tagrag and bobtail.

From Project Gutenberg

Still, he had secured the attendance of a score of sturdy fellows, sons of Sir Robert's farmers, and these, with a proportion of the tagrag and bobtail of the town, gave a fairly solid aspect to his party.

From Project Gutenberg

Tag′rag, a fluttering rag, a tatter: the rabble, or denoting it—the same as Rag-tag, often in phrase Tagrag and bobtail.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a large element of Sydney tagrag and bobtail there, and one had an uncomfortable sort of feeling that one was in a species of chain-gang.

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