ragstone

R1A1G2S1T1O1N1E1

noun

Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.

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Meanings

nounragstone (usually uncountable, plural ragstones)

plural ragstones

  1. uncountableusuallyStone that is quarried in thin pieces.

    Frant and Etchingham [station buildings] are more flamboyantly gothic and are built of ragstone.

    1957 August 28, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529

Origin

From rag + stone.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

estragonSagerton
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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