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RAGTAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ragtag mean?
• RAGTAG (noun)
The noun RAGTAG has 1 sense:
1. disparaging terms for the common people
Familiarity information: RAGTAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disparaging terms for the common people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
rabble; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail; riffraff
Hypernyms ("ragtag" is a kind of...):
common people; folk; folks (people in general (often used in the plural))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ragtag"):
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