Akademik

ragtag and bobtail

noun

disparaging terms for the common people

• Syn: ↑rabble, ↑riffraff, ↑ragtag

• Hypernyms: ↑folk, ↑folks, ↑common people

• Hyponyms: ↑trash, ↑scum

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noun

see rag, tag, and bobtail

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the riffraff; rabble: The ragtag and bobtail of every nation poured into the frontier in search of gold.

Also, rag, tag, and bobtail; tagrag and bobtail.

[1810-20]

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ragtag and bobtail,

= ragtag. (Cf. ↑ragtag)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.