Množina: rags
Irregularity along the left or right edge of a set of lines of text on a printed page. Rag complements justification, in which one or both edges of the text form a straight vertical line. See the illustration. See also justify, ragged left, ragged right.
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Množina: rags
ETYM Old Eng. ragge, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. rögg a tuft, shagginess, Swed. ragg rough hair. Related to Rug.
1. A small piece of cloth; SYN. shred, tag, tag end, tatter.
2. (British) A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students).
3. (British) A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities.
1. To break into lumps before sorting, as of ore.
2. To play in ragtime, as of a musical piece.
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Množina: rag and bone men
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Množina: rag days
(British) A day on which university students hold a rag.
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Množina: rag dolls
A cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted.
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Množina: rag moneys
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Množina: rag papers
Paper made partly or wholly from rags.
Množina: ragas
Traditional melody used as basis for improvisation in Indian music; piece based on raga.
In Indian music, a scale of notes and style of ornament for music associated with a particular mood or time of day; the equivalent term in rhythm is tala. A choice of raga and tala forms the basis of improvised music; however, a written composition may also be based on (and called) a raga.
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Množina: ragabashes
Idle worthless fellow.
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Množina: Ragaes
Rhagae.
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Množina: ragamuffins
ETYM Cf. Ragamofin, the name of a demon in some of the old mysteries.
A dirty shabbily clothed urchin; SYN. tatterdemalion.
Množina: Ragans
Village in Nebraska (USA); zip code 68969.
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