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or tagrag and bobtail
as in ragtag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
in an apparent effort to keep out the city's tag, rag, and bobtail, the restaurant charges royally high prices for mediocre food
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag, rag, and bobtail
Noun
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Meanwhile, the birth rate has dipped to just 1.4 children per woman, portending a shrinking, aging populace.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025 -
Now Maduro is determined that the populace that humiliated him on election day must pay.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2024
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Scholl’s goal is not just to bring supersonic travel back to the flying public, but to do it at scale, at a cost per seat no greater than business travelers pay today—a quarter of what the old Concorde passengers had to pony up.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
19 Jan. 2025
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For 70 years, this country has spent the time in capturing heads of cartels and putting a head shot to the American public.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Nothing forced him to talk a little trash before the last game.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The broken furniture, old clothing, drug paraphernalia and stacks of lottery tickets inside would eventually become 22 truckloads of trash.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
10 Jan. 2025
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Still, several people posted what appeared to be drone photos and videos of the restricted areas online.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Instead, it was mistakenly sent to nearly 10 million people, McGowan said.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
19 June 2023
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The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.—
Matthew Desmond,
The New York Review of Books,
28 Dec. 2023
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There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2024
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By the end of it, the Heat led by 16 points on its way to the rout.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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But even in a global rout in bonds, Britain stands out.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, soap scum, moisture, and grime can seep into the grout in the bathroom, staining and discoloring the grout lines.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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The vinegar will break down any remaining bits of food, grease, soap scum, residue, and any other leftover grime.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
15 Jan. 2025
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