10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGGERY»
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raggery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
raggery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Not long ago a Persian poet and scholar in a lecture on the poetry of his native
land, made use of the expressive phrase : "Fe- wrapped in the tag-raggery of
custom " Most of what he said, novel and interesting as it was, was but a passing
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Girls Friendly Society,
1908
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
ragged soph. See soph. ragger. One given to 'ragging' (see rag, v): schools':—
1923 (Manchon). raggery. Clothes, esp. women's: coll. bordering on SE: very ob.
Thackeray, 1855, 'Old hags... draped in majestic raggery'. Cf. Fr. chiffons. raggie,
...
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A Supplementary English Glossary
Raggery, raggedness. There were the . . grim, portentous old hags, such as
Michael Angelo painted, draped in majestic raggery. — Thackeray, Newcomes,
ch. xxxv. Rag-mannered, rude, vulgar. This young lady swears, talks smut, and is
upon ...
Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1881
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Bags Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted, draped in
majestic raggery. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxxv. ragging (rag'ing), >». [Verbal n. of
rag1, v.] 1. A method of fishing for the • striped-bass, etc., in which a red rag is
used ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Canarese rdgi.] A grass, Eleuxine coracana, a prolific grain-plant cultivated in
Japan and parts of India. raggery (rag'er-i), n. [< rag* + -en).] collectively ;
raggedness. [Rare.] Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted,
draped In ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1914
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted, draped in majestic
raggery. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxxv. Tagging (rag'ing), n. [Verbal n. of rag1, v.]
1. A method of fishing for the striped-bass, etc., in which a red rag is used as a fly.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1906
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The Progressive Supplemental Dictionary of the English ...
Oower; Chaucer. Rag ee > (rag's), n. An Indian grain (Eleustne Hag gee s
coracana), very prolific, and somewhat nutritious. Raggery (r&g'er-t), n. Rags
collectively; rag- * Draped in majestic raggery.' Thackeray. Jgle (rftVl), t'- t. [A freq.
from ray.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted, draped in majestic
raggery. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxxv. ragging (rag'ing), ». [Verbal n. of rag1, t\] 1.
A method of fishing for the striped-bass, etc., in which a red rag is used as a fly.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted, draped in majestic
raggery. Thackeray, New comes, xxxv. Ragged-robin ( Ijchn is Flos-cuculi). I,
upper part of Mem with inflorescence ; 2, lower part of stem with rhizome ; a, a
fruit.
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The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
Gower; Chaucer. Kagee ) (rag's), n. An Indian grain (Eleustne Rag gee S
corooana), very prollflo, and somewhat nutritious. Raggery (rag'er-i), n. Bags
collectively; rag- gedness. ' Draped in majestic raggery.'* Thackeray. Haggle (
nVH, v. t. [A ...
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