ragtag
Collocations
3ADJ.
local, old
VERB + RAGTAG
wear
RAGTAG + NOUN
anarchists, group, protesters
Definitions
adj
Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.
noun
A shabby, unkempt person.
Near-synonym: ragbag
The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — disparaging terms for the common people
- rabble
- riffraff
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
WiktionaryThe guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.
WiktionaryNear-synonym: ragbag
WiktionaryThe small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.
WiktionaryA ragtag group of anarchists is squatting in abandoned buildings in Boston.
Tatoeba · #9980908A ragtag group of protesters marched on the capital.
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