ragtag and bobtail

noun

Definition of ragtag and bobtailnext
as in tagrag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class locals complained that rental housing would attract the ragtag and bobtail to their well-groomed suburb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ragtag and bobtail
  1. public
  2. populace
  3. people
  4. proletariat
  5. rabble
Noun
  • Vanderbilt Mortgage remains committed to protecting the American public's access to fair lending services while providing a path to homeownership for hardworking families.
    Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And colleges and universities need to do a much better job articulating their value proposition, not only to prospective students and families, but to legislators, business leaders, and the broader public.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of public
Noun
  • No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, and Nevada composed a good crossroads of America’s populace and sentiment in 2024.
    The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of populace
Noun
  • Instead, it was mistakenly sent to nearly 10 million people, McGowan said.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Still, several people posted what appeared to be drone photos and videos of the restricted areas online.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of people
Noun
  • Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
  • The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
Definition of proletariat
Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of rabble
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