Verb (used with object) : Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a piano rag. From Dictionary.com.
And the children in rags and no shoes on their feet!. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry Hearts] Reference
True love values grace in rags as well as in scarlet. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
For passing round the bottle with girls in rags or silk. From Wordnik.com. [It May Sound Funny] Reference
That was why I was here in rags and filth and wretchedness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
So come in rags or come in silk, in cloak or country shawl. From Wordnik.com. [It May Sound Funny] Reference
They're all in rags, as well they may be, doing so much work. From Wordnik.com. [The Brownies and Other Tales] Reference
Is the goal to have serfs wallking around in rags begging for scraps?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right-Wing Shelves Vote on Minimum Wage] Reference
He came home in rags, and his father not only clothed him, but adorned him. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
In the "parlor" the dingy paper hung in rags and the plaster fell in chunks. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
Some of the kids were pretty much in rags, dirty, needing medical and dental care. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone familiar with Salvatierra, Yuriria, Moreleon, Valle de Santiago...] Reference
At the next table to me were two foreigners, dressed in rags but manifestly gentlemen. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
The women were in rags, haggard and careworn; the children emaciated from want of nourishment. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
Imagine, having to fight through the bone-chilling winter in rags and sometimes without shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Slaves Who Built Capitol Building Honored «] Reference
Others, too, that dress in rags or 'nothing' are sick of it too .... no matter what they say. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful, Soft, Flowing, Modest, Clothing Depicted in the Art of Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens (1823-1906)] Reference
Could Raphael visit Canada in rags, he would be nothing in their eyes beyond a common sign-painter. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
He gave Lloyd those things because she was just in rags, and I couldn't afford to get anything new. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Colonel] Reference
I find those in rags like penthouse are intellectually challenged and more so for those that pick it up!. From Wordnik.com. [After reading about Sarah Palin in the "Message Boards" I've got 1 question.] Reference
For he was dressed only in rags, and less in rags than nakedness; and his skin was dirty and his hair unkempt. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
When his nerves were in rags after hours of questioning, even this appeal could reduce him to snivelling tears. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference
They are dressed in rags, dirty in their persons, and their whole appearance is disagreeable, if not revolting. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
Next week, dress him in rags and make him weep his way through I Who Have Nothing and watch his popularity soar. From Wordnik.com. [X Factor Betting Odds: The Inevitable Christmas Number One] Reference
So little is necessary, when one can contentedly live on tortillas and chile, sleep on a mat, and dress in rags!. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
Since then Faith and Una would have gone in rags rather than ask their father for anything if they could help it. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Though they sleep on the streets, sell trinkets for money, and dress in rags, the children haven't given up on life. From Wordnik.com. [John Shors discusses his third novel, Dragon House] Reference
They made the clothes, but they shiver in rags and ask you, the lawyer, or business agent who handles your money, for a job. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
There was not a girl who came to school in rags all the year round that did not burst forth in sudden glory on Graduation Day. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
If wounds in clothes Cuts calls his rags, 'tis clear. From Wordnik.com. [The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
They were nothing more than skeletons dressed in rags. From Wordnik.com. [Never Forgotten Newsletter] Reference
Her whole dress might be described as rags and tatters. From Wordnik.com. [The Insulted and the Injured] Reference
If wounds in clothes, Cuts calls his rags, 'tis clear, 385. From Wordnik.com. [The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
My rags were the rags of a uniform, and spoke for themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War] Reference
His rags are a shield stouter than one of seven-fold bull's hide. From Wordnik.com. [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference
The rags are the more likely, but neither better nor worse than the robes. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.] Reference
"Ragged schools" were schools for children in rags, that is for poor and destitute children. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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