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Definition of Tagrag
1. n. & a. The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
Definition of Tagrag
1. riffraff [n -S] - See also: riffraff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tagrag
Literary usage of Tagrag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"Though tagrag outstayed all his fellow-visitors, in the manner which has been
... Away, therefore, drove tagrag delighted that Satin Lodge would so soon ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"The nonsense they have selected for their battle-cries shows pretty clearly what
the wisdom of the tagrag and bobtail, whose means lie below the watermark ..."
3. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years edited by Henry Coppée (1899)
"Miss tagrag, having been listening with breathless eagerness to this little
colloquy between ... involuntarily exclaimed tagrag, with an apprehensive air. ..."
4. The American Library of Art, Literature and Song (1886)
"It only happened this morning after you left." "Eh ? eh ? Ah ha ! What do you
mean, Mr. Titmouse?" interrupted tagrag, with a sickening attempt at a smile. ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Jemmy made me cut all my old acquaintances in the Market, and I was a solitary
being; when, luckily, an old acquaintance of ours, Captain tagrag, ..."
6. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"Though tagrag outstayed all his fellow-visitors, in the manner which has been
... Away, therefore, drove tagrag delighted that Satin Lodge would so soon ..."
7. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"The nonsense they have selected for their battle-cries shows pretty clearly what
the wisdom of the tagrag and bobtail, whose means lie below the watermark ..."
8. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years edited by Henry Coppée (1899)
"Miss tagrag, having been listening with breathless eagerness to this little
colloquy between ... involuntarily exclaimed tagrag, with an apprehensive air. ..."
9. The American Library of Art, Literature and Song (1886)
"It only happened this morning after you left." "Eh ? eh ? Ah ha ! What do you
mean, Mr. Titmouse?" interrupted tagrag, with a sickening attempt at a smile. ..."
10. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Jemmy made me cut all my old acquaintances in the Market, and I was a solitary
being; when, luckily, an old acquaintance of ours, Captain tagrag, ..."
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