TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL

  

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TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL

Specialty Definition: TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL

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Slang in 1811

TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL. An expression meaning an assemblage of low people, the mobility of all sorts. To tag after one like a tantony pig: to follow one wherever one goes, just as St. Anthony is followed by his pig. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Anagrams: TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-b-b-d-g-g-i-l-n-o-r-t-t"

-5 letters: aggradation, gradational.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL


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

54 41 47 2D 52 41 47      41 4E 44      42 4F 42 54 41 49 4C

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

        

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

01010100 01000001 01000111 00101101 01010010 01000001 01000111 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000010 01001111 01000010 01010100 01000001 01001001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#71 &#45 &#82 &#65 &#71 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#66 &#79 &#66 &#84 &#65 &#73 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 0047 002D 0052 0041 0047      0041 004E 0044      0042 004F 0042 0054 0041 0049 004C

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

543541155235412354838236493654354346

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1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
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