tag, rag, and bobtail

noun

ˌtag-ˌrag-ən-ˈbäb-ˌtāl How to pronounce tag, rag, and bobtail (audio)
variants or tagrag and bobtail
Definition of tag, rag, and bobtailnext
as in ragtag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class in an apparent effort to keep out the city's tag, rag, and bobtail, the restaurant charges royally high prices for mediocre food

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  1. populace
  2. public
  3. trash
  4. people
  5. proletariat
  6. rabble
  7. rout
  8. scum
Noun
  • Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Trump’s White House sent $1,200 checks to the populace in 2020, all of which featured Trump’s signature.
    Tim Collins, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of populace
Noun
  • By now Francis' annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility — and humiliation — as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Other spikes in reports of suspicious bags or items happen in the wake of a major incident, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, when authorities were inundated by reports from the newly vigilant public.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of public
Noun
  • If you're tempted to randomly gather a fistful of strands and throw them in the trash, think twice.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
  • With the vent panel removed, locate and lift away the filter and throw it in the trash.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of trash
Noun
  • Many people will find their holiday season populated by conflict, but in the past that has meant literal war for the Duke of Sussex.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The box was filled with messages, mainly from children, but also from people asking the fairies to help guide them through their grief.
    Windsor Johnston, NPR, 22 Dec. 2024
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
  • 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
  • All this anti-Soviet scum, all this rabble revolves around Sakharov.
    Gal Beckerman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2012
Definition of rabble
Noun
  • And Florida scored five consecutive goals to make this one a rout.
    Joe Smith, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Defense loses its swag Beginning with a field goal at the end of the first half, the Buccaneers scored 30 unanswered points to turn a 17-10 deficit into a rout midway through the fourth quarter that had Chargers fans streaming toward the exits.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of rout
Noun
  • Clean Shower After Every Use After each shower, quickly wipe down the tile or glass to keep surfaces free of water spots, mineral deposits, and soap scum, all but eliminating the need for deep cleans.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
  • This electric spin scrubber does the muscle work for you, effortlessly wiping away soap scum, hard water stains, and mildew from all sorts of surfaces.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of scum
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