ragtag and bobtail
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nounDefinition of RAGTAG AND BOBTAIL
: rabble
Examples of RAGTAG AND BOBTAIL
- <locals complained that rental housing would attract the ragtag and bobtail to their well-groomed suburb>
Origin of RAGTAG AND BOBTAIL
1rag + 1tag
First Known Use: 1820
Related to RAGTAG AND BOBTAIL
- Synonyms
- proletariat, rabblement, rabble, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed
- Antonyms
- A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust
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