Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bag for storing rags.
  • noun A motley collection; a hodgepodge.

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  • noun A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

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  • noun a motley assortment of things
  • noun a bag in which rags are kept

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Examples

  • Some short time ago, I stumbled upon a delightful blog known as the ragbag, which I quickly subscribed to after reading about five posts, in no small part because reading it reminds me of the sort of strange conversations I used to have in college with my suitemate and fellow mathemagician.

    Senatorial abuse and apostrophe misuse « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • Observing Japan's Tobias Harris, who is cited as a major source in the story, disagrees with that overall assessment implicit in words like "ragbag" and "set adrift" and believes that the significance of the internal differences has been blown up beyond reasonable proportions.

    GlobalTalk 21 2009

  • The contrast was stark, and it made the soldiers look like the proverbial "ragbag" of the group.

    Stars and Stripes 2009

  • The contrast was stark, and it made the soldiers look like the proverbial "ragbag" of the group.

    Stars and Stripes 2009

  • She fetched her ragbag and spray bottle and began her rounds.

    Yellow Marcie Beyatte 2012

  • Foxes via the ragbag withmore cards to come posted by Andrew Simone in animals, language | * | 12 comments comments

    Foxes | clusterflock 2009

  • So I hope voters will vote for one, and not ragbag independent candidates.

    Peter Baggs - Independent candidate for Norwich North Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Well, nominally anyway: in fact, comics Matt Crosby, Tom Parry and Ben Clark use the credit crunch as little more than a jumping-off point for their usual overstuffed ragbag of imaginative, larger-than-life sketch comedy.

    This week's new comedy 2011

  • So, as Fianna Fáil abandoned the ragbag of right-wingers with whom they sat in the European Parliament in order to join a major group, the British Conservatives are doing the opposite.

    Things that caught my eye nwhyte 2009

  • Previously known for his performances as Alan Parker Urban Warrior and The League Against Tedium, he's now operating under his own name and offering a thoroughly enjoyable ragbag of sketches, stories, video clips, artwork and more.

    This week's new comedy 2011

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