- Rag tag and bobtail
- Bobtail Bob"tail`, n. [Bob + tail.]
An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
[1913 Webster]
{Rag, tag, and bobtail}, the rabble. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Rag tag and bobtail
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rag-tag and bobtail — Riff raff • • • Main Entry: ↑rag … Useful english dictionary
Rag, Tag and Bobtail — Infobox British television show name = Rag, Tag and Bobtail size = caption = format = Childrens runtime = 13 min creators = Freda Lingstrom David Boisseau starring = channel = BBC One first aired = 1953 1965 last aired = num episodes = 24… … Wikipedia
rag, tag, and bobtail — noun or ragtag and bobtail : rabble, riffraff the rag, tag, and bobtail of the city Kenneth Roberts a ragtag and bobtail army F.V.W.Mason … Useful english dictionary
tag rag and bobtail — Rag tag and bobtail • • • Main Entry: ↑tag … Useful english dictionary
tag and rag — noun : rag, tag, and bobtail shout of tag and rag, and march of rank and file Robert Southey … Useful english dictionary
tag, rag, and bobtail — noun or tagrag and bobtail : a motley group : rabble, canaille all the tagrag and bobtail of the town J.G.Frazer … Useful english dictionary
tag, rag, and bobtail — or tagrag and bobtail noun Date: 1645 rabble … New Collegiate Dictionary
ragtag and bobtail — noun disparaging terms for the common people • Syn: ↑rabble, ↑riffraff, ↑ragtag • Hypernyms: ↑folk, ↑folks, ↑common people • Hyponyms: ↑trash … Useful english dictionary
ragtag and bobtail — 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] * * * … Universalium
ragtag and bobtail — rag′tag and bob′tail n. the riffraff or rabble • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
