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shag-bag
ˈshag-bag, n. and a. colloq. [A jingling alteration of shake-bag; cf. shake-bag, shag-rag, shag n.4] a. n. A shabby or worthless fellow. b. adj. Shabby and worthless; poor in quality.a. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Shag-bag, a poor, shabby Fellow. 1865 W. S. Banks Prov. Words Wakefield 62 Sheg-beg... 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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shake-bag
ˈshake-bag Obs. exc. dial. [f. shake v.] 1. Cock-fighting. (See quots. 1688, 1709). Cf. shackbag 2.1663 State-Scuffle 3 And when two shake-bags are thrown out, To try the Battel yet in doubt, When weary still they wheele about More eager. 1688 Holme Armoury ii. 252/1 A Shake-bag, is a Cock turned ou... Oxford English Dictionary
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