Phrase guide
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noun
An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
Qualifier: university slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The days of the month when a woman has her period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, slang, vulgar
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: rag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: week, hebdomad
History
From rag (“university students society run for charitable fundraising”) + week, possibly from the verb rag (“tease; torment; banter”).
From rag (“piece of old cloth”) + week. From the former use, by women, of rags to protect their clothing from menstrual blood.
