ragbag

Noun

ragbag (plural ragbags)

1. A bag of rags and scraps.
2. (figuratively) A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things; a smorgasbord.
   • The pages that constitute "Anna Livia Plurabelle" are surely the most easily decipherable in that masterly and monstrous ragbag of a book.2019 May 14, John Banville, “Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of 'A Portrait of the Artist'”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
   • In our ragbag of stereotypes, ostriches have thus become the quintessential dim-witted animals. Even the Bible says they're dumb, and bad parents too.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody's fool”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Partners, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

   Synonyms:

   grab bag, mixed bag, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology

3. (figuratively, informal) A person (especially a woman) of unclean or untidy appearance.
   • Near-synonym: ragtag
   • Billy and the rest were wooed through gate after gate, and Billy saw his first Russian. The man was all alone in the night—a ragbag with a round, flat face that glowed like a radium dial.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 71

   Synonyms:

   ragtag