as in masses
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
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Noun
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That same year, the federal government tasked the research group RAND to look at the WEA system's ability to reach the American public.—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
One viral TikTok video shows a man approaching young adults and asking them to chug a BuzzBallz Biggie in public for $100.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fishback, on the other hand, stands strongly opposed to these corporate interests while remaining electable to the general populace.—
Thomas C. Shank,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Barak was cognizant of how the Arab populace would perceive Israeli involvement.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How dare the lowly rabble at Fenway Park treat our esteemed mayor and governor with such disrespect!—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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There’s a rabble-rousing politician with grievances galore.—
Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Colorado emergency responders closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 76 on Friday morning after a fatal crash the Colorado State Patrol said involved a trash truck and a pedestrian.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Another 10 gathered on plastic trash and one was on an unused steam table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Game 1 was no contest, with Boston coasting to a 123-91 rout.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Rapids were riding a two-game winning streak and coming off a 6-2 rout of the Houston Dynamo.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Bathroom Refresh The bathroom collects moisture, soap scum and grime faster than almost any other room.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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To quickly eliminate soap scum, water splatters, and other glass messes, apply shaving cream all over the surface.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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Which is to say, the people in the streets weren’t riffraff running amok but activists with aims.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Ragtag and bobtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtag%20and%20bobtail. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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