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I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a character, lines of dialogue, descriptive passages about a place. One idea fires another. I do that for about a year. By then there's a story, and I'll go on to a complete first draft that sews many of those ragtag pieces together.
Scott Turow

Meaning of "ragtag" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAGTAG

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAGTAG

ragtag  [ˈræɡˌtæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAGTAG

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adjective
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determiner
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Ragtag 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 RAGTAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ragtag

Ragtag may refer to: ▪ Ragtag Cinema, a non-profit independent movie theater ▪ Ragtag Productions, an independent film company...

Definition of ragtag in the English dictionary

The definition of ragtag in the dictionary is the common people; rabble.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAGTAG


bashtag
ˈbæʃˌtæɡ
hangtag
ˈhæŋˌtæɡ
hashtag
ˈhæʃˌtæɡ
metatag
ˈmɛtəˌtæɡ
nametag
ˈneɪmˌtæɡ
retag
ˌriːˈtæɡ
Sontag
ˈsɒntæɡ
stag
stæɡ
tag
tæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAGTAG

raglan
ragman
Ragman rolls
ragmatical
ragmen
Ragnarok
ragout
ragpicker
rags
ragstone
ragtime
ragtimer
ragtop
raguly
Ragusa
ragweed
ragwheel
ragwork
ragworm
ragwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAGTAG

Bundestag
dog tag
electronic tag
Freytag
identification tag
Landtag
meta tag
price tag
question tag
Reichstag
royal stag
treasury tag

Synonyms and antonyms of ragtag in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ragtag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAGTAG

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

Translator English - Chinese

乌合之众
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ragtag
570 millions of speakers

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ragtag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ragtag
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

متشرذمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сброда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desorganizado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বৃত্ত জনসাধারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétéroclite
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Ragtag
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ragtag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

みすぼらしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하층 계급
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ragtag
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ragtag
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ்மக்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ragtag
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayaktakımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ragtag
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ragtag
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наброду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ragtag
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ragtag
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

janhagel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ragtag
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ragtag
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGTAG»

The term «ragtag» is regularly used and occupies the 86.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ragtag

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QUOTES WITH «RAGTAG»

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Scott Turow
I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a character, lines of dialogue, descriptive passages about a place. One idea fires another. I do that for about a year. By then there's a story, and I'll go on to a complete first draft that sews many of those ragtag pieces together.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGTAG»

Discover the use of ragtag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ragtag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ragtag
Warring birds battle over the city of Boston in an action-packed fantasy. In this engrossing story for older middle-graders, hundreds of birds of prey have been driven out of the Berkshires by encroaching human development.
Karl Wolf-Morgenländer, 2009
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The Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven: How a Ragtag Group of Fans ...
Eerily prescient of times to come, this expose examines drug use in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the mid-1980s and one of the biggest drug trials in baseball history.
Aaron Skirboll, 2010
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Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the ...
" --Patrick O'Brian, author of Master and Commander "James L. Nelson tells this story with clarity and literary skill and with such ease and order that the reader feels he is attending a dissertation on history given by a consummate ...
James Nelson, 2006
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Tokyo Residents' Guide
www.ragtag.jp With various locations in Tokyo, RAGTAG specialises in designer consignment. They will take your old designer clothes, carefully inspect them and value them. The showrooms are filled with Japanese brands such as Frapbois, ...
Explorer Publishing, 2008
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Rolling Into the World: Memoirs of a Ragtag Child
This book is the brilliantly funny story of Eoin Cameron's childhood in Mt. Gambier. Born in 1951, the second eldest in a family of ten, Eoin was always a bit rowdy with a penchant for practical jokes.
Eoin Cameron, 2003
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An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel!: Entitled, The ...
"Remember, brethren, I have no objections to any kind of a law that will catch the renegade Dr. Juno, but I want it so cautiously framed as only to include quacks like him, without touching decent people's business," said Savage Ragtag. To this ...
Simon Mohler Landis, 1872
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The Social War of the Year 1900: Or, The Conspirators and Lovers
"Remember, brethren, I have no objections to any kind of a law that will catch the renegade Dr. Juno, but I want it so cautiously framed as only to include quacks like him, without touching decent people's business," said Savage Ragtag. To this ...
Simon Mohler Landis, 1872
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The Seventh at St. Andrews: How Scotsman David McLay Kidd ...
The story chronicles the decade-long journey from the first notion of a seventh course to its official opening.
Scott Gummer, 2007
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Why Jesus Crossed the Road: Learning to Follow the ...
Learning to Follow the Unconventional Travel Itinerary of a First-century Carpenter and His Ragtag Group of Friends as They Hop Fences, Cross Borders, and Generally Go where Most People Don't Bruce Main. of their rhetoric. Not so with ...
Bruce Main, 2010
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The Terrorist Prince: The Life and Death of Murtaza Bhutto
Murtaza. V. Ragtag. Army. The years 1979 to 1980 were especially eventful for Afghanistan. The power struggle in Kabul had led the Soviet Union to make the same mistake the US had made in Vietnam, only with much more far-reaching ...
‎1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAGTAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ragtag is used in the context of the following news items.
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We Witnessed an Initiation Ceremony That Turned Ragtag Rebels …
The ragtag band of rebels now stood as Cossacks. The church lay in the outskirts of Pervomaisk — a wretched corpse of a town, ruined by months of frontline ... «VICE News, Jul 15»
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How a ragtag bunch of women are saving track cycling in Minnesota
Through the doors of the great hall, the acrid fog of cigar smoke swirls with the splintered tempo of live jazz. There is hollering, then an eruption of whistled ... «City Pages, Jul 15»
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Ragtag, The Crossing cook up tasty film series
It is not quite a seven-course meal, but Ragtag Cinema and The Crossing have joined forces to create a delicious new film series. Starting this week, “Taste and ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
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Rugby turns a ragtag Oregon group into winners, on the field and off
The Salem Spartans were, from the start, a ragtag group. Working men and professionals. Whites, African Americans, Hispanics and Pacific Islanders. One guy ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
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How A Ragtag Group Of Lefties Mainlined Debt-Free College Into …
A group of two dozen young activists working out of homes and coffee shops around the country has achieved something rather unusual: mainlining an idea into ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
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Ragtag Cinema to host '20s-themed fundraiser
Harkening back to a time when Buster Keaton dominated the box office and sound in film was on the horizon, Ragtag Cinema will host a 1920s-themed ... «The Maneater, Apr 15»
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LA's Ragtag Army Of Graffiti Busters Fight A Perpetual Battle
Not many people walk here in Los Angeles, but if you do, you see a lot of graffiti. But it's possible that if you came back to that same place the next day, that ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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A ragtag bunch of cinephiles
Here's what he had to say about Ragtag, its history and the cinema's influence on Columbia's arts and ... MOVE: Why'd you decide to base Ragtag in Columbia? «The Maneater, Mar 15»
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How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality. Despite fierce opposition from the major Internet providers, the FCC is poised to seize ... «National Journal, Feb 15»
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Doug Clark: Ragtag group in Paraguay receives Dutch's instruments
One last detail before we finally heave that last spade full of earth atop 2014: Those impoverished yet multitalented young members of Paraguay's Recycled ... «The Spokesman Review, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ragtag [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ragtag>. May 2024 ».
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