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The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.
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Meaning of "ragbag" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAGBAG

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RAGBAG

ragbag  [ˈræɡˌbæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAGBAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ragbag is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAGBAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ragbag in the English dictionary

The first definition of ragbag in the dictionary is a bag for storing odd rags. Other definition of ragbag is a confused assortment; jumble. Ragbag is also a scruffy or slovenly person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAGBAG


beanbag
ˈbiːnˌbæɡ
boil-in-a-bag
ˈbɔɪlɪnəˌbæɡ
carpetbag
ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡ
dirtbag
ˈdɜːtˌbæɡ
feedbag
ˈfiːdˌbæɡ
fleabag
ˈfliːˌbæɡ
footbag
ˈfʊtˌbæɡ
gasbag
ˈɡæsˌbæɡ
handbag
ˈhændˌbæɡ
kitbag
ˈkɪtˌbæɡ
mailbag
ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ
postbag
ˈpəʊstˌbæɡ
punchbag
ˈpʌntʃˌbæɡ
ratbag
ˈrætˌbæɡ
rattlebag
ˈrætəlˌbæɡ
saddlebag
ˈsædəlˌbæɡ
sandbag
ˈsændˌbæɡ
scumbag
ˈskʌmˌbæɡ
windbag
ˈwɪndˌbæɡ
workbag
ˈwɜːkˌbæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAGBAG

rag
rag doll
rag rug
rag trade
rag week
rag-and-bone man
rag-rolling
raga
ragamuffin
ragbolt
Ragdoll
rage
rageful
rager
ragg
ragga
ragged
ragged robin
ragged school
raggedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAGBAG

air bag
airbag
bag
beach bag
bean bag
body bag
carry-on bag
clutch bag
duffle bag
dust bag
in the bag
let the cat out of the bag
mixed bag
overnight bag
paper bag
plastic bag
shopping bag
shoulder bag
sleeping bag
tote bag

Synonyms and antonyms of ragbag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RAGBAG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ragbag» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ragbag

Translation of «ragbag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAGBAG

Find out the translation of ragbag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ragbag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ragbag» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ragbag
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ragbag
570 millions of speakers

English

ragbag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ragbag
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ragbag
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ragbag
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ragbag
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ragbag
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fourre-tout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ragbag
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sammelsurium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ragbag
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ragbag
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ragbag
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ragbag
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ragbag
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅगबाग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

RagBag
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ragbag
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ragbag
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ragbag
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ragbag
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

συνονθύλευμα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

lappiesak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

virrvarr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brogede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ragbag

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGBAG»

The term «ragbag» is normally little used and occupies the 116.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGBAG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ragbag

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QUOTES WITH «RAGBAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ragbag.
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Jean Shepherd
The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGBAG»

Discover the use of ragbag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ragbag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Magic Toyshop: Ragbag Friends
Willow and Jack are very excited about the Summertown recycling fair tomorrow.
Jessie Little, 2012
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Ragbag Theologies: Essays in Honour of Denise M. Ackermann, ...
1. A. ragbag. theologian? The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried (Chesterton, 1910).1 G. K. Chesterton's well-known aphorism2 confronts me with questions. Assuming that ' the ...
‎2009
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Ragbag of Legal Quotations, 1960
Ragbag of Legal Quotations. Albany: Matthew Bender & Company, 1960. xi, 334 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 92-074141. ISBN 0-9630106-3-8. Cloth. $50. * One of the best collections of legal quotations ever.
‎1960
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Ragbag
RAGBAG is the twelfth book and fourth collection of poetry by prize-winning fiction writer/artist/critic Elisabeth Goss Stevens.
Elisabeth Stevens, 2010
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The Marvelous Playbill
PERANZA. ) A critic's nose is the only nose that knows. (He chuckles. ) Don't you want to write that witticism down? CHANFALLA. What witticism, senor? RAGBAG. My nose never fails me. A moment after the curtain rises I shall be able to name ...
‎1967
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Ballou's Monthly Magazine
The circumstances connected with the row at Mrs. Tcek's boarding-house are these: — Ragbag has been boarding there while his wife was temporarily absent. Now, there was in that house an enemy of Ragbag, and he had a watch-charm in  ...
‎1882
7
Christmas Traditions: True Stories that Celebrate the Spirit ...
on Christmas Eve, ragbag sat on the floor beneath the table. I slipped oysters down to her while maintaining proper manners and appearing to eat my stew like a good girl. Mother was so proud of the way I was growing up and learning to love ...
Helen Szymanski, 2009
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... furniture and other unwanted things cheaply ragbag /'raeg.baeg/ noun [C usually singular] a confused mixture of different types of things: His book is just a ragbag of unsupported opinions. ,rag 'doll noun [C] a soft child's toy, made from cloth, ...
‎2008
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Ragbag Atlas 06 X10 (Promo)
A new edition of this popular A3 sized budget Britain road atlas, fully revised and updated for 2006. Each map has been created by experts at the AA to help you navigate Britain's roads safely and easily.
AA Publishing (Automobile Association (Great Britain)), AA Staff, Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, 2005
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The Anatomy of Thatcherism
The thesis that Thatcherism amounts to no more than a 'ragbag' fails to explain not only the attitudes of Thatcherism's adherents but also of its opponents. On both sides of the divide (and it is a commonly remarked feature that there is to an  ...
Shirley Robin Letwin, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAGBAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ragbag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Giorgio Moroder's Dj vu: A hastily assembled ragbag of nothingness
Giorgio Moroder came marauding back into the electronic music mind-set in 2013 with the release of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories and the track ... «Purple Revolver, Jun 15»
2
Ragbag - Einkaufstasche mittelgroß
Ragbag ist eine der Marken, die die 10 Prinzipien der WFTO, der 'World Fair Trade Organisation', befolgt. Die Produktionpartner sind ... «taz.de, Jun 15»
3
The Who review – a disjointed ragbag of a show
In the last third of the set, though, what had been a disjointed ragbag of a show finally starts coming together. Once Eminence Front – a 1982 single that saw the ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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How to Hold Your Breath review – ragbag dystopia starring Maxine …
Now Zinnie Harris's ragbag, grab-any-issue-that's-around dystopia which takes in the collapse of Europe, the commercialisation of human relations, the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
Richardson company thinks it has substitute for plastic grocery bags
Eric Grossman, CEO at Metropak in Richardson, is betting big on the RagBag as the successor to plastic retail sacks. His company spent $1 million on a ... «Dallas Morning News, Oct 14»
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I Put a Spell on You by John Burnside, review: 'a scintillating and …
The book is not so much a sequel to his two earlier volumes of memoir as a ragbag of vignettes and reflections that fills in some of the lacunae in those accounts ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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It's a ragbag of plans
Waste segregation. The BBMP is taking the help of ragpickers to segregate waste. dh photos by sk. They are called ragpickers but they live in an age where ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 14»
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Buffett disciples make way to Omaha amid break-up debate
The company's businesses range from insurance to railways to power companies, plus a ragbag of retailers, industrial companies and newspapers, all topped ... «Financial Times, May 14»
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Don't Go There
If you compare these, you'll see that what at first sight looks like a ragbag of unrelated rejecta does, in fact, have themes. All of the lists include bodily wastes and ... «Natural History Magazine, Dec 13»
10
Journey through London subculture is a fascinating ragbag bursting …
I love this show, with its wild nights and fashion shoots, funky clubs and flyers, mad antics, wonderful and sometimes frightening characters, glamour and ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»

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