shag-rag

noun

The unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.

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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicslangThe unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.

    She finds he makes the shag-rag hero-race, / The noble slaves, wise women, move as much / Pity and terror as true tragic types: […]

    1875, Robert Browning, Aristophanes’ Apology […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 130
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