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ragbag
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
blue, false, monstrous, real, yellow
VERB + RAGBAG
contains, spurred
RAGBAG + NOUN
ideas, ostriches
PREP.
in
ADV.
masterly
Definitions
noun
1
A bag of rags and scraps.
2
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things; a smorgasbord.
The pages that constitute "Anna Livia Plurabelle" are surely the most easily decipherable in that masterly and monstrous ragbag of a book.
In our ragbag of stereotypes, ostriches have thus become the quintessential dim-witted animals. Even the Bible says they're dumb, and bad parents too.
3
A person (especially a woman) of unclean or untidy appearance.
Near-synonym: ragtag
Billy and the rest were wooed through gate after gate, and Billy saw his first Russian. The man was all alone in the night—a ragbag with a round, flat face that glowed like a radium dial.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a motley assortment of things
- oddments
- melange
- farrago
- mishmash
- mingle-mangle
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The pages that constitute "Anna Livia Plurabelle" are surely the most easily decipherable in that masterly and monstrous ragbag of a book.
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In our ragbag of stereotypes, ostriches have thus become the quintessential dim-witted animals. Even the Bible says they're dumb, and bad parents too.
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Opposite, the Loram site contains a real ragbag of yellow, blue or rust-streaked kit whose appearance belies their importance in keeping the railways running.
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It's a ragbag of ideas.
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The movement was spurred by a ragbag of false ideas.
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As the contents of our ragbag were to be sold, the rags were laid on a table in an unused room.
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