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Vinony

ragtag

noun

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Wiktionary

adj

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

  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. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

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

noun

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

  1. A shabby, unkempt person.

    “Near-synonym: ragbag”

    “The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.”