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raggery

raggery noun: rags; ragged clothing.

Noun

raggery (uncountable)

  1. Rags; ragged clothing.
    • If they're of a proper cut, just the boys for the ladies, we rig them out in raggery, shell out the needful, get the marriage articles drawn out […]1830, John Gideon Millingen, Adventures of an Irish Gentleman, page 261
    • It was clothed in majestic raggery.1888, The Archivist, volumes 1-5

Questions about raggery

What does raggery mean?
Raggery means rags; ragged clothing.
What part of speech is raggery?
Raggery is a noun.

Words near raggery in the dictionary

  1. raggedy
  2. raggedy-ass
  3. raggee
  4. ragger
  5. raggers
  6. raggery
  7. raggett
  8. raggetts
  9. raggety
  10. raggie
  11. raggier

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