Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wool from rags; shoddy.
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Examples
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They included the overnight cabins, a 100-year-old sawmill, an office and a magasin general, or general store, that sold maple syrup, maple syrup candy and frontier-era crafts like rabbit pelts and rag-wool socks.
RutlandHerald.com 2009
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They included the overnight cabins, a 100-year-old sawmill, an office and a magasin général, or general store, that sold maple syrup, maple syrup candy and frontier-era crafts like rabbit pelts and rag-wool socks.
NYT > Travel 2009
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She didn’t check my rag-wool socks, however, which would easily have held a couple of small bottles of Jameson.
A belated Merry Christmas! | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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