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UK
/ɹˈæɡtæɡ/
]
[ US /ˈɹæɡˌtæɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæɡˌtæɡ/ ]
NOUN
- disparaging terms for the common people
How To Use ragtag In A Sentence
- She was come as a part of a delegation from her people; one of the ragtag nomadic bands that roam the mountains to the north and east. Duet « A Fly in Amber
- Now, from the left, comes a ragtag assortment of college kids, labor unionists, conspiracy theorists and others who've taken to the streets in protests dubbed "Occupy Wall Street.
- The village was guarded by a ragtag group of soldiers.
- Our job in 2003 is to first make and then keep this disparate ragtag of a Government honest.
- Slowly, they emerge out of a cloud of dust, like a weary ragtag army retreating from battle, a column of guests hauling enormous suitcases and mewling children.
- The ragtag Republican forces, resisting him in their forlorn fight against fascism, had encircled the town.
- Everyone defers to him, especially his main man, a clubfooted ghetto intellectual known as Smush, and the other members of Smush's ragtag crew.
- It started out as just a handful of protesters near Wall Street - the sort of demonstration folks describe as "ragtag"... "disorganized. Breaking News: CBS News
- Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life.
- The goblins of the title sport casual, ragtag outfits. The Kids Are All Right