Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ragged fellow; a tatterdemalion: also used attributively.
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Examples
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He was a shake-rag like fellow, he said, and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate, he was nane o the smacks that had been on their quarters in the mosshe would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Chapter XXVI 1917
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'He was a shake-rag like fellow,' he said, 'and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o' the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'He was a shake-rag like fellow,' he said, 'and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o' the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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a shake-rag like fellow, 'he said,' and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o 'the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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‘He was a shake-rag like fellow,’ he said, ‘and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane
Guy Mannering 1815
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