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Red rag

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something that will enrage another particular person. figuratively

    "Collins dictionaries has announced that the inclusion of 2,000 new words in its forthcoming new edition means that some of the dustier corners of its lexicon will have to be swept into the semantic dustbin. Farewell embranglement, recrement, fusby and numerous others. This will be a red rag to books bloggers everywhere."

  2. 2
    A person's tongue. derogatory, obsolete, slang

    "For well I know by your glib tongue, / To what fine country you belong, / And if your red rag did not shew it, / By your queer fancies I should know it."

Etymology

Ellipsis of red rag to a bull.

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