Reverse Dictionary: RAG

ADJECTIVES
► ALL-A-BITS in rags, in pieces, broken → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered → 19C Eng. dial.
► BETATTERED ragged, all in tatters → 1618
► BRATTY ragged → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUMMY ragged and dirty; dishevelled → 1990s African-American sl.
► CHEEZY raggedy, scrawny, unattractive → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► DUDDY ragged, shabby; esp. used of a child → 1718 Sc. obs.
► GUNGY ragged, messy, ugly, smelly, or old → 1962 UK sl.
► HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin → 1891 Sc.
► HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp → 1828
► RAGA-RAGA ► RAGGA-RAGGA ragged, worn-out; usually said of clothes → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► RAGGED AS A BUZZARD’S ASS very ragged → 1952 Amer. sl.
► RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very ragged and rough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGGED-ASS ragged, unkempt → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RAGGED-ASSED ragged, unkempt → 1984 Amer. dial.
► RAGGEDISH somewhat ragged → 1837
► RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled → 1890 US sl.
► RAGGEDY-ASS ► RAGGEDY-ASSED ragged, unkempt → L19 Amer. sl.
► RAGGELT ragged, uneven, jagged → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGGELTLY ragged → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGGETY ragged, untidy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGGIE ► RAGGY ragged → 1815 Sc.
► RAGGLED ragged, straggling, irregular → 1795 Sc.
► RAGGLY ragged, with an uneven edge → 1967 Sc.
► RAG-TAG reduced to rags by drink → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAG-TAILED ragged, tattered → 1887 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RATTY ragged, shabby, or scruffy; wretched or in poor condition → 1867 colloq.
► SCOURY ► SCOWRY ragged, shabby in appearance, threadbare → 1721 Sc.
► SHAGGED-RAGGED shaggy and ragged → 1612 obs.
► TAGGOWY ragged, tattered → 1929 Sc.
► TAG-RAG ragged, dressed in rags; reduced to rags by drink → 1805
► TAG-TAILED ► TIG-TAILED ragged; of a woman whose petticoat trails: draggle-tailed → 1853 Sc.
► TALDERY ragged, tattered → 1929 Sc.
► TATTER ragged, tattered → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATTERED AS A FOAL ragged; said of a person → c1340 obs.
► TATTERY ragged, tattered, frayed out → 1835 Eng. dial.
► TATTY ragged, shaggy, unkempt, tangled, matted, rough → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAUTED ragged, shaggy → 1786 Sc.
► TUZZY-MUZZY ragged, dishevelled, untidy; fuzzy → 1847 Eng. dial.
► UNMEANSOME ragged, untidy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► HAGGERTY-TAG in a ragged, untidy manner → 1825 Sc.
► TAG-RAG all to tags and rags → 1582 obs.

NOUNS
► CADDIS rags of any material, shreds; cotton wool, lint → 1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CALIFORNIA MOCCASINS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather → 1923 Amer. sl.
► CALIFORNIA OVERSHOES rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather → 1952 Amer. sl.
► CALIFORNIA SOCKS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather → 1941 Amer. sl.
► DAG a rag → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DERLS ► DERRILS rags → 19C Sc.
► DEWGS rags, scraps, shreds, small pieces → 1693 Sc. obs.
► DUDDINESS raggedness → 1825
► DUDS rags, scraps of cloth → 1508 chiefly Sc.
► DUGGINS rags → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► FALLOPS rags hanging about a dress; an untidy dress → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth → 1819 Sc.
► FATTERS rags, tatters → 1858 Eng. dial., obs.
► FILCHANS bundles of rags, patched or fastened together → 1825 Sc.
► FLITTERS rags, tatters → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► GIBBOLS rags → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► IRISH PENDANT ragged edges; a loose or frayed end → 1840 Amer. dial.
► IRISH PENNANT ragged edges; a loose or frayed end → 1942 Amer. dial.
► JAGS rags, tatters → 1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► JAM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds → 1878 Eng. dial.
► JIB-RAGS rags torn into strips or small pieces → 1899 Amer. dial.
► JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LACKIE a rag, a clout → 1892 Sc.
► LALLOPS rags, tatters → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEPP a rag, a shred, a tatter; a piece or fragment of something → 1908 Sc.
► LIBBERTICKS rags, shreds, tatters → 1930 Sc.
► PALLEENS rags → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► PALLIONS rags, tatters, useless or worn-out articles of clothing → 1825 Sc.
► RAGAMOFI ► RAGAMORFI ragged clothes → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► RAGGERY rags collectively → 1854
► RAGGING ragged edges or projections → 1683
► RAGGLE a rag; a strip of fur, etc.→ 1888 US
► RAGLET a small rag; a scrap → 1836-48
► RALLOCK a rag, a tattered garment → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RALTALLACKS rags and tatters → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAT a rag, a scrap → a1240 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► RATS rags, tatters, scraps → a1250
► RULLOCK a tattered garment; a rag → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SCHMATTE ► SHMATTE ► SCHMOTTAH a ragged garment → 1970 US sl.
► SHRAG a rag, a tatter → 1400 obs.
► TABLE ZAMBONI a cleaning rag used by a bartender → 1987 US sl.
► TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter → 1827
► TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears → 1846 Sc.
► TAN-PAN-MI ragged, old work-clothes, esp. when very filthy → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► TANTERWALLOPS hanging rags or tatters → c1850 Sc.
► TARETATHERS rags, tatters, shreds → 1825 Sc. obs.
► TAT a rag → 1851 Eng. dial.
► TATLOCK a ragged trailing of the hem of a worn skirt; the matted tufts of wool at a sheep’s tail → 1900 Sc.
► TATTER-WALLOP a fluttering rag → 1887 Sc.
► TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TATTRELS rags, tatters → 1805 Sc.
► WALLOP a fluttering rag; an article of ragged clothing; ragged clothing → 1745 Sc. 

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAIVENJAR a ragamuffin, a tatterdemalion → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BASSALON a ragged man → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BLACK-GUARD a young ragamuffin; a vagrant child → 1699 obs.
► BONE-PICKER a collector and seller of rags, bones, and other refuse from the streets and garbage-tins → c1850 colloq.
► BUNTER a woman who picks up rags about the street; a low, loose woman → 1706 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow → 1929 Sc.
► CANDYBOB a ragman, a hawker; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. → c1873 Sc.
► CANDYMAN a ragman, a hawker; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. → 1870 Sc.
► DAGE a ragamuffin, a tatterdemalion; a dirty, mismanaging woman → 1825 Sc.
► DAWDGE ► DADGE a ragamuffin, a tatterdemalion → 1825 Sc.
► DUD a person in ragged clothes → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GATHER-EM-UP a wandering ragman → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GATHER-UP a wandering rag-man → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► GUTTER-BLOOD a ragged rascal; a base-born person; one of low birth → 1818 Sc.
► GUTTER-SNIPE a gatherer of refuse, such as rags and paper, from street gutters → 1869
► HALLANSHAKER ► HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAW-GAW a rag or refuse gatherer → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LOSEL a worthless person, a scoundrel, a cheat; a ragamuffin, a ne’er-do-well → 1362 arch.
► MIDDEN-MAVIS a rag-picker, one who rakes up dunghills and dustbins for scraps → 1856 Sc.
► NEEDY a poor ragged person of either sex → 1893 sl.
► NEEDY-MIZZLER a poor ragged person of either sex → 1819 sl.
► OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person → 1856 Sc.
► PAPER MAKER a gatherer of rags and other saleable rubbish from the streets and gutters → M19 sl.
► RAG BRAMAH a rag-and-bone merchant → c1925 police sl.
► RAGABASH ► RAGABRASH ► RAGGABASH ► RAGGABRASH a ragamuffin; an idle vagabond; an idle, worthless fellow → 1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RAGABUS ► RAGABUSH a ragamuffin; a good-for-nothing → 1718 Sc.
► RAGAMUFF a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy → 1591 obs.
► RAGAMUFFIN a ragged or disorderly person → 1586
► RAGAMUFFINESS a female ragamuffin → 1868
► RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a woman in rags; a decrepit old woman → 1910s sl.
► RAG-AND-SNATCHER MAN a rag-and-bone man → 19C chimney sweeps’ sl.
► RAGAPELT ► RAGBELT ► RAGBILD a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person → 1866 Sc.
► RAGGARD a ragged and rough vagabond; a wicked and abandoned wretch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGGED ROBIN a ragged person → 1826
► RAGGER a ragman; one who collects rags → 1925 Sc.
► RAGGERY ragged people → 1843
► RAGGIE-FOLK rag-gatherers → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAGGYDADS a ragamuffin → 1942 Sc.
► RAGGY-WILLIE a ragman → 1866 Sc.
► RAGMAG a ragged beggar; a woman all in tatters → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAGMAN 1. a ragged person → c1440 obs.
2. a rag-gatherer, a rag-dealer → 1586
► RAG-MERCHANT a dealer in rags → 1690
► RAGSHAG a ragged person, esp. one who purposely dresses in grotesque rags for exhibition → 1890 Amer. colloq.
► SANSCULOTTE a ragged person; a man shabbily dressed; a tatterdemalion; a ragamuffin → 1812
► SCARECROW a person in ragged clothes → 1590
► SHABAROON a ragamuffin; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow → a1700 sl. obs.
► SHAG-BAG a ragged, idle vagabond; a poor, shabby or worthless fellow → a1700 colloq.
► SHAG-RAG a ragged, disreputable person; a low rascally fellow → L16 sl.
► SHEENY MAN a rag buyer; a horse and cow dealer → 1984 Amer. dial.
► SHEENY a rag-picker → 1941 Amer. dial.
► TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a rascal, scamp → 1878 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a rascal, scamp → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAG-RAG a ragged, pitiful fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a vagabond → 1609
► TALLACK ► TALLOCK a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman; a good-for-nothing, idle person → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TALLOCKER a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman; a good-for-nothing, idle person → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TARLOCH a ragged, coarse, sluttish woman → 1825 Sc.
► TASHIE ► TATSHIE a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven → 1972 Sc.
► TATTER 1. a person in ragged clothes → c1600 obs.
2. a collector of rags, bones, etc.; a refuse-gatherer → 1890 Eng. dial. & sl.
► TATTER-CLOUT a ragged, poorly dressed person; a ragamuffin; a beggar → 1874 Eng. dial.
► TATTERDEMALION a ragged, miserable, or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin → 1611
► TATTERER a collector of rags, bones, etc. a refuse-gatherer → 1890
► TATTER-RAGS a ragged, poorly dressed person; a ragamuffin; a beggar → 1869  (Bk.)
► TATTERS a ragged person → 1933 sl. (Bk.)
► TATTER-WAG a person in ragged clothes → c1400 obs.
► TATTER-WALLETS a ragged, poorly dressed person; a ragamuffin; a beggar → 1893 Eng. dial (Bk.)
► TATTER-WALLOP a person in ragged clothes → 1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TATTER-WALLOPS a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; an indecorous woman → 1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► TATTIE DOOLIE a ragamuffin → 1954 Sc.
► TATTIE-BOGLE a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward → 1972 Sc.
► TOTTER a rag-and-bone collector → 1891 Brit. sl.
► TOTTER-DE-MALLION a ragged or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin → 1611
► TUZZLE-TOPPIN a ragamuffin → 1896 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing → 1568
► RAG to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner → c1440 obs.
► RAGGIFY to reduce to rags → 1930 Amer. dial.
► TAT to gather rags → 1851 Eng. dial.
► TATTERWALLOP to hang or flutter in rags → 1866 Sc.
► TO-RAG to make very ragged, to tear the clothes of → c1430 obs.