2. Adjective. scruffy; tending to dress in rags. ¹
3. Adjective. Similar in style to ragtime music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raggy
1. ragi [n -GIES] - See also: ragi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raggy
Literary usage of Raggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Miss Mellon, Afterwards Duchess of St. Albans by Mrs Cornwell Barron- Wilson (1886)
"... dread of Miss Mellon marrying— Mr. " raggy," the Belgian officer—Post-office
neglects at Cheltenham—Detention of an important letter—Its consequences. ..."
2. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"The percentage composition of the grain is :— Water 11-80 Nitrogenous substances
10'13 Fat 4-03 Water 71-75 raggy, ..."
3. Reports on the Agricultural Conditions, Capabilities, and Prospects of the by Robertson W. R. (William Rowntrie) (1881)
"Next as regards area comes raggy, which occupies annu- _ ally about 150000 acres
of land. raggy is also sown during the months of July and ..."
4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"Her home 's over in raggy," said Phin, meaning Riga, a township of that region.
... Gone hum, over to raggy ?" Syd inquired, with a curiously dashed and ..."
5. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1887)
"MILLET, raggy, BUCKWHEAT. Various other grains belonging to the Cerealia, ...
In Northern China millet is almost exclusively used. raggy or ..."
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