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Ragtag

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.

    "He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it."

  2. 2
    Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

    "The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists."

Noun
  1. 1
    A shabby, unkempt person.

    "Near-synonym: ragbag"

  2. 2
    disparaging terms for the common people wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

Etymology 2

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

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