noun
Meaning 1
A bag of rags and scraps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ragbag
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noun
Meaning 2
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things; a smorgasbord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grab bag, mixed bag, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, motley, odds and ends, oddments, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person (especially a woman) of unclean or untidy appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
Examples
- Near-synonym: ragtag
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ragtag
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a bag in which rags are kept
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: bag
noun
Meaning 5
a motley assortment of things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
History
Etymology
Compound of rag + bag.