Noun : a ragbag of facts, half-truths, and blatant lies. From Dictionary.com.
The contrast was stark, and it made the soldiers look like the proverbial "ragbag" of the group. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes] Reference
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is a ragbag of a book. From Wordnik.com. [Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:] Reference
Her clothes were ragbag, shoes on the welts and soiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
A ragbag of irrelevant physics strung together incoherently. From Wordnik.com. [Rabett Run] Reference
Longshadow watched the ragbag drift out, taking its odor with it. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams of Steel]
Had the little ragbag undertaken some treachery at the last instant?. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams of Steel]
How else could a ragbag army of nutters defeat the might of the West?. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
But for Spinner my ragbag army could have beaten those Shadowlanders. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams of Steel]
So I hope voters will vote for one, and not ragbag independent candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Baggs - Independent candidate for Norwich North] Reference
Enough of this hodge podge, this farrago, this mishmash ragbag witch's brew. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The old textbooks used to discuss this in a ragbag section called ˜topics™. From Wordnik.com. [Model Theory] Reference
Al Q are a ragbag who managed to carry off a televisual spectacular 6 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
She looked very different from the unkempt ragbag Linda had seen slumped on the settee. From Wordnik.com. [faceless]
And Tobo's education was the only excuse Blade had heard for letting the little ragbag live. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
In their ragbag of army clothing they looked about like the other soldiers at Jinja Barracks. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
If the laws of physics were just any old ragbag of rules, life would almost certainly not exist. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Science on Faith - Two Views] Reference
I was finding it harder and harder to pull whatever I wanted out of such a ragbag of recollections. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
The revolting Sami Ramadani became one of those cheering loudest for the ragbag group of mercenaries. From Wordnik.com. [February 15 - five years on] Reference
He hit the carpet so hard, buttons popped off his shirt, which looked about ready for the ragbag anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Undead and Unworthy]
Today he wore shorts, running shoes, and an FBI Academy sweatshirt that was one wash short of the ragbag. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Hour]
He is simply a very mediocre Chicago politico, his head a ragbag of trite "identity" - mongering cliches. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
Tony wore rouge, lipstick and a skirt that must have come out of someone's ragbag -- over climbing tights. From Wordnik.com. [There Is A Season]
As it's grown, its Osterley base has sprawled out into a ragbag of old industrial sheds and rental offices. From Wordnik.com. [James Murdoch's Sky scraper] Reference
It offers instead the sight of a series of raids on power mounted at irregular intervals by a ragbag of individuals. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
The stinking ragbag that contained the Howler was perched atop some of the highest scaffolding surrounding Overlook. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
It's a ragbag of gymnastics, rock-climbing, and stuntman daring, with a little bit of philosophy thrown in for good measure. From Wordnik.com. [Tech & Science] Reference
Mr. Elo's work amounts to a ragbag of self-congratulatory, miscellaneous moves and manipulations for eight hardworking dancers. From Wordnik.com. [NYCB Goes Back to Core Values] Reference
It is about a year since I gave up on the anti-war movement in Ireland, now little more than a ragbag group of ultra left sects. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
I'd instructed Lal and Tej's treachery, and Paddy had held his ragbag army together, got it to the gate in time, and won his fights. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
The horrible catalogue is incomprehensible, and the exhibition itself is a ragbag of sometimes good, often bad and mostly indifferent art. From Wordnik.com. [Saatchi's Newspeak: the good, bad and indifferent] Reference
But there is no further vote in the European parliament, so the Tories and their ragbag group have no further opportunity to amend their isolated position. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
Their teachings are a ragbag of good, bad and indifferent. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
IntÈrieure (pdf) - is a ragbag of measures designed to make France a safer place. From Wordnik.com. [Republic Broadcasting Network] Reference
Oh, he knew he was a girlish-headed ragbag, but if they would only spare him this once!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Little Poor Boy] Reference
Her mind was like a ragbag into which she had been frantically thrusting whatever she could grab. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Lark] Reference
Campbell was changing Babcock from a ragbag of engineering interests into a focused service business. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
He also emphasised his middle-class background in a speech derided by the Tories as a ragbag of previous speeches. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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