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ragbag
noun 3
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.
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