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shag-rag

shag-rag noun: the unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.

Noun

shag-rag

  1. (archaic, slang) The unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.
    • She finds he makes the shag-rag hero-race, / The noble slaves, wise women, move as much / Pity and terror as true tragic types: […]1875, Robert Browning, Aristophanes’ Apology […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 130

Questions about shag-rag

What does shag-rag mean?
Shag-rag means the unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.
What part of speech is shag-rag?
Shag-rag is a noun.

Words near shag-rag in the dictionary

  1. shag-bandits
  2. shag-boy
  3. shag-boys
  4. shag-hound
  5. shag-hounds
  6. shag-rag
  7. shagadelic
  8. shagaholic
  9. shagaholics
  10. shagai
  11. Shagaluf

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