ragtag and bobtail

ragtag and bobtail

noun

Definition of RAGTAG AND BOBTAIL

people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class <locals complained that rental housing would attract the ragtag and bobtail to their well-groomed suburb>

Synonyms proletariat, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed

Related Words dregs; commoners, commons, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, populace, public, rank and file; bourgeoisie, middle class, working class

Near Antonyms elect, establishment; gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), nobility, peerage

Antonyms A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust