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shab-rag
ˈshab-rag, a. and n. dial. and slang. A. adj. Shabby, damaged, the worse for wear.1762–7 T. Bridges Hom. Trav. (1797) II. 254 None of your Bromingham affairs, Nor any such like shabrag wares, But good new halfpence from the mint, With honest George's face in print. 1880 W. Cornw. Gloss. s.v. Horny-w...
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shag-rag
ˈshag-rag, a. and n. Now rare or Obs. exc. dial. [A jingling alteration of shake-rag. Cf. shag n.4, shack-rag, shab-rag, shag-bag.] A. adj. Of a person: Ragged, rascally.c 1590 Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. 1913 To haue a shag⁓rag knaue to come [etc.]. 1615 Band, Ruffe & Cuffe (Halliw.) 9 A scurvie shag-...
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