see|råg
English

Etymology
:Middle English <i>ragge</i>, from Old English <i>ragg</i>, from Old Norse <i>rǫgg</i> tuft, shagginess - ca. 14th century
:7 - Short for ragtime - ca. 1897

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-rag.ogg|Audio (US)
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æɡ|-æɡ

Noun
en-noun

1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
2. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5. A ragged edge.
6. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
7. A piece of ragtime music.

#:The song mapleleaf rag has a pleasant, bouncy tune.

1. context|slang|pejorative A newspaper, magazine.
2. context|poker slang A card that appears to help no one.
3. context|poker slang A low card

Quotations
a coarse kind of rock
2003: the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stome � pebble stone, flint and rag stone. � Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, 2003, page 1.

Translations
trans-top|piece of cloth
Dutch: t+|nl|vod|f, t+|nl|lap|m
German: t-|de|Lumpen|m, t-|de|Fetzen|m
Italian: t+|it|cencio|m
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Polish: �cierka
Slovene: cunja f
Spanish: jirón m, trapo m
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trans-top|mean or tattered attire
Dutch: t|nl|lompen||p
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trans-top|shabby, beggarly fellow
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trans-top|coarse kind of rock
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trans-top|ragged edge
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trans-top|sail, or any piece of canvas
Dutch: t+|nl|zeil|n, t|nl|zeildoek|n
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trans-top|piece of ragtime music
Dutch: t-|nl|rag
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Translations to be checked
ttbc|Bosnian: prnje fp

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Category:Poker

Verb
en-verb|rag|g|ing

1. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

Breton

Preposition
rag

1. before

Category:Breton prepositions

Dutch

Etymology 1
rfe

Pronunciation
IPA|/r�x/

Noun
nl-noun2|n|gen|je

1. Spider web.

Synonyms
spinrag
spinneweb, web

Derived terms
ragfijn

Etymology 2
From E. #English|rag.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɹæ:g/

Noun
nl-noun2|n|s|je

1. A piece of ragtime music.

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• 2007-12-04 00:22 - DCDuring - /* Noun */ Moving toe rag to new entry

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