Toe-rag

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock; a footwrap. archaic

    "Stockings being unknown, some luxurious men wrapped round their feet a piece of old shirting, called, in language more expressive than elegant, a “toe-rag”."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of toerag (“A worthless or despicable person, a tramp or vagrant”). alt-of, alternative

    "“I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie."

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"Stockings being unknown, some luxurious men wrapped round their feet a piece of old shirting, called, in language more expressive than elegant, a “toe-rag”."

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