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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 peopleplay

  Familiarity information: RAGTAG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAGTAG (noun)


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"):

scum; trash (worthless people)


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