Etymology

raggare

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Today it means: Someone who is part of a subculture in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands concerned with American cars and music of the 1950s, comparable to greasers. Full definition →

Swedish raggare
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  1. Swedish · derived fromraggare
  2. English todayraggare

From Swedish raggare, from ragga (“to drive around”), from dialectal term raga (“to stagger”).

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