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shack-rag
† ˈshack-rag Obs. = shake-rag, shag-rag.1611 Chapman Widow's T. v. i. K 4, To send a man abroad vnder guard of one of your silliest shack-rags; that he may beate the knaue, and run's way. Oxford English Dictionary
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shake-rag
ˈshake-rag [f. shake v. + rag n.] A ragged disreputable person; also attrib. or adj., beggarly. Cf. shack-rag, shag-rag.1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. lxix. 13. 259 It is no maruell that shakerags [orig. sordidos homines] (which haue no regarde of honestie) did..raile with out shame. 1610 Healey St. Aug... Oxford English Dictionary
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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-... Oxford English Dictionary
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shack
▪ I. shack, n.1 Now dial. (ʃæk) [f. shack, dial. variant of shake v. Cf. shake n.1 2 e.] 1. Grain fallen from the ear, and available for the feeding of pigs, poultry, etc., after the harvest; a supply of fallen grain for this purpose. Also, fallen beech-mast or acorns.1536 Rolls House MS. in Froude ... Oxford English Dictionary
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