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shakerags

shakerags is the plural of shakerag.

Meaning of shakerag

Noun

shakerag (plural shakerags)

  1. A pauper; a bum.
    • […] that it is our Lords intent to trie our pacience the better, when he casteth vs after that maner into contempt, no only of those that are in authoritie & estimation, but also those that are the veriest shakerags , so as we wold in our minde thinke our selues to be assaulted rather of brute...1574, Jean Calvin, Sermons on Job, page 510

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Questions about shakerags

What is shakerags the plural of?
Shakerags is the plural of shakerag.

Words near shakerags in the dictionary

  1. shaker kitchen
  2. Shaker kitchens
  3. shaker-upper
  4. shaker-uppers
  5. shakerag
  6. shakerags
  7. shakerato
  8. shakeratos
  9. Shakerdom
  10. shakeree
  11. Shakeress

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