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rag weeks

rag weeks is the plural of rag week.

Meaning of rag week

Noun (1)

rag week (plural rag weeks)

  1. (Ireland, UK, university slang) An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
    • This week has been the University College Rag Week. The students are given more or less a free hand all the week. They organize a series of revels culminating in a grand procession and collection this afternoon.1949 April, The Texas Outlook, volume 33, number 4, page 4

Noun (2)

rag week (plural rag weeks)

  1. (British, slang, vulgar) The days of the month when a woman has her period.
    • I wouldn't bother trying to get off with her – it's rag week.

Questions about rag weeks

What is rag weeks the plural of?
Rag weeks is the plural of rag week.

Words near rag weeks in the dictionary

  1. rag rug
  2. rag rugs
  3. rag the puck
  4. rag trade
  5. rag week
  6. rag weeks
  7. rag wheel
  8. rag worm
  9. rag, tag and bobtail
  10. rag-and-bone man
  11. rag-and-bone men

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