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tag-rag

tag-rag noun: the lowest class of people; the rabble or commoners.

Noun

tag-rag pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) The lowest class of people; the rabble or commoners.
    • If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

tag-rag meaning in Hindi and Tamil

tag-rag in Hindi

the rabble
रमदू फट्टू ramdū phaṭṭū

tag-rag in Tamil

குப்பை கூளம் இழிமக்கள்

Origin of tag-rag

From tag + rag. See tag (“an end”).

Words formed from tag-rag

Questions about tag-rag

What does tag-rag mean?
Tag-rag means the lowest class of people; the rabble or commoners.
What is tag-rag in Hindi?
Tag-rag in Hindi is रमदू फट्टू (ramdū phaṭṭū). See Tag-rag meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tag-rag?
Tag-rag is a noun.

Words near tag-rag in the dictionary

  1. tag, rag and bobtail
  2. Tag-abaca
  3. tag-along right
  4. tag-along rights
  5. Tag-os
  6. tag-rag
  7. tag-rag and bobtail
  8. tag-team
  9. tag-teamed
  10. tag-teaming
  11. tag-teams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tag-rag (page history and authors); tag-rag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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