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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-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-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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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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shagged
▪ I. shagged, a.1 Now rare. (ʃægd, ˈʃægɪd) Forms: 1 sceacgede (sceagode), 6 shagd, 7 shag'd, 7, 9 shagg'd, 6– shagged. [OE. sceacgede, f. sceacga shag n.1: see -ed2.] 1. a. Having or covered with shaggy hair; rough with hair. Chiefly said of animals. shagged foal = shag-foal s.v. shag n.1 5.a 1000 V... Oxford English Dictionary
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shag
▪ I. shag, n.1 (ʃæg) Forms: 1 sceacga, 6–7 shage, 7 shagge, 7–9 shagg, 7– shag. [OE. sceacga wk. masc.:—prehistoric *skaggon-, cogn. w. ON. skegg neut., beard (:—*skagjo-m), OE. sceaᵹa wk. masc., coppice, shaw (formally = ON. skage wk. masc., promontory:—*skagon-), ON. skaga to project; the ON. skóg... Oxford English Dictionary
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