Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tattered or worn-out; ragged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a ragged appearance; ragged. Also
raggety .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of clothing
Torn ,ragged ortattered . - adjective of a person Wearing such clothes.
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Examples
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One was tall, cloaked in raggedy black, and moved stiffly, making crackling sounds as he went.
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L.A. was tired to death tonight and Seattle ran them raggedy, which is why Gillom needs a better bench.
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We grew up in a big two-story kind of raggedy house on Main Street in
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As they drove away from the dam toward Dudson Center, Bob sat way over on his side of the backseat, his smile kind of raggedy around the edges, his eyes shooting out very teeny tiny sparks.
Drowned Hopes Westlake, Donald E. 1990
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Sitting in Odunde's "raggedy" office at 2308 Grays Ferry Ave. in the late 1990s, the longtime activist/agitator noticed that termites were eating her building.
Phillies Zone 2010
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Maurice Cheeks is hoping for better execution from the 76ers in Friday night's open scrimmage at the Bryce Jordan Center than he saw at Thursday's first intrasquad scrimmage, after which Cheeks called the Sixers 'performance "raggedy".
phillyBurbs.com 2008
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Great shoes - The hand sewn "raggedy" look is deceiving.
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A big six-foot raggedy Shaq-looking motherfucka was standing there.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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Even in practice, we make jokes about each other because we're looking so raggedy, but we go out there and perform on the court, so we look past the hair....
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Cindy, like her son, wore a wide-brimmed hat, but hers wasn't raggedy.
Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011
Prolagus commented on the word raggedy
And the moment will come when composure returns
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall
And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air
Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade
Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way
And for once in your life you have nothing to say
And could this be the time when somebody will come
To say, "Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone".
Sleep the clock around, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 12, 2008