Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ragtag
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1.
also rag-tag If you want to say that a group of people or an organization is badly organized and not very respectable, you can describe it as a ragtag group or organization. (INFORMAL) We started out with a little rag-tag team of 30 people. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: ~ and bobtail Date: 1865 1. ragged, unkempt 2. motley 2 a ~ bunch of misfits ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. the rabble or common people. Etymology: earlier tag-rag, tag and rag, f. RAG(1) + TAG(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1820, from rag (n.). Rag-tag and bobtail "the rabble" first recorded 1820 (tag-rag and bobtail is found in 1659), from bobtail "cur," 1619. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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