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Dictionary: rag·tag   (răg'tăg') pronunciation

adj.
  1. Shaggy or unkempt; ragged.
  2. Diverse and disorderly in appearance or composition: "They're a small ragtag army of racketeers, bandits, and murderers" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: disparaging terms for the common people
  Synonyms: rabble, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lurvet, sølle
n. - pøbelen, den gemene hob

Nederlands (Dutch)
het gewone volk

Français (French)
adj. - désordonné
n. - canaille

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zerlumpt, bunt
n. - Pöbel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κακοντυμένος, ανοργάνωτος
n. - φτωχολογιά

Italiano (Italian)
feccia

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - misturado
n. - ralé (f)

Русский (Russian)
сброд, неопрятный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de la chusma
n. - chusma, canalla

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rövar-
n. - patrask

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
群氓的, 贱民的, 衣衫褴褛的, 社会的垃圾, 无赖, 下层社会

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 群氓的, 賤民的, 衣衫襤褸的
n. - 社會的垃圾, 無賴, 下層社會

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지저분한
n. - 사회의 쓰레기, 건달, 하층민, 부랑자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 社会のくず, 烏合の衆
adj. - くずの, みすぼらしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أشعث, رث الملابس (الاسم) الرعاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעורב‬
n. - ‮אספסוף‬


 
 
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