TAG-RAG

  

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TAG-RAG

Definition: TAG-RAG

TAG-RAG

Noun & adjective

1. The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TAG-RAG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Note: Tag-rag \Tag"-rag`\, noun. adjective. [See Tag an end, and Rag.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: TAG-RAG

Specialty definitions using "TAG-RAG": RIFF RAFFSCUMTAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL. (references)

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Modern Translations: TAG-RAG

Language Translations for "TAG-RAG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

измет (offscourings, ragtag, riffraff, scum, sweepings). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

记旧布. (various references)

   

Czech

  

lùza (mob, rabble, riffraff). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

꼬리표 넝마. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ag-ragtay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

scursurã (dregs, sewer, valley). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TAG-RAG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ragtag, tagrag.

Words within the letters "a-a-g-g-r-t"

-2 letters: agar, gaga, grat, raga.

-3 letters: aga, art, gag, gar, gat, rag, rat, tag, tar.

-4 letters: aa, ag, ar, at, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-g-r-t"
 

+1 letter: ragtags, tagrags.

 

+2 letters: braggart, graftage, staggard, staggart.

 

+3 letters: aggravate, aggregate, braggarts, gradating, graftages, staggards, staggarts.

 

+4 letters: abrogating, aggravated, aggravates, aggregated, aggregates, arpeggiate, arrogating, exaggerate, gargantuan, graduating, stargazing, stravaging.

 

+5 letters: agglomerate, aggradation, aggravating, aggravation, aggregately, aggregating, aggregation, aggregative, arbitraging, arpeggiated, arpeggiates, exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerator, granulating, gratulating, gravitating, guarantying, marginating, propagating, reaggregate, stargazings, stravaiging, teargassing, variegating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TAG-RAG


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 41 47 2D 52 41 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000001 01000111 00101101 01010010 01000001 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#71 &#45 &#82 &#65 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 0047 002D 0052 0041 0047

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54354115523541

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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