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toe rag

toe rag is the alternative form of toerag.

Meaning of toerag

Noun

toerag (plural toerags)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A tramp or vagrant.
  2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A worthless or despicable person.
    • "I know James Potter's an arrogant toerag," she said, cutting across Snape.2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, USA: Arthur A. Levine Books, page 674

Noun (1)

toe rag (plural toe rags)

  1. (Ireland, derogatory, slang) An obnoxious or insignificant person.

Noun (2)

toe rag (plural toe rags)

  1. (UK, Somerset) Dried salt codfish.

Forms of toe rag

pluraltoe rags

Origin of toe rag

From toe + rag.

Said to be from Tuareg, a nomadic North African tribesman, but may share same etymology as the UK definition: from the cloths worn around the foot.

Unknown.

Questions about toe rag

What does toe rag mean?
Toe rag means an obnoxious or insignificant person.
What is toe rag the alternative form of?
Toe rag is the alternative form of toerag.
What part of speech is toe rag?
Toe rag is a noun.
What is the plural of toe rag?
The plural of toe rag is toe rags.

Words near toe rag in the dictionary

  1. toe pick
  2. toe picks
  3. toe pleats
  4. toe popper
  5. toe poppers
  6. toe rag
  7. toe rags
  8. toe ring
  9. toe rings
  10. toe sack
  11. toe sacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toe rag (page history and authors); toerag (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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