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raggedy, a. Chiefly U.S. and dial.|ˈrægɪdɪ|
Also 9– raggety; raggity.
[f. ragged a.1 + -y1.]
1. Of a ragged form or appearance.
a. Of persons. Cf. ragged a.1 6.
1890J. W. Riley in Century Mag. Dec. 318/2 Oh, the Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa; An' he's the goodest man ever you saw! 1894Crockett Raiders 211 Fore and aft of the herd there were raggety boys holding the beasts in check. 1939J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxiv. 462 A raggedy kid with no shoes. 1959Encounter Dec. 17/2 The covey of raggety small boys. 1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day iii. 38 The bridge..was lined..with raggedy men. 1975New Yorker 1 Dec. 48/2 A lady's..raggedy kids lined up by the track where they'd put pennies.
b. Of clothing. Cf. ragged a.1 5 a.
1893Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Adv. Sci., Lit., & Art XXV. 201 My smock's a-got cruel raggety, I sim. 1929D. Runyon in Hearst's Internat. Oct. 62/2 Mostly she is wearing raggedy clothes and busted shoes. 1967H. Porter in Coast to Coast 1965–6 171 Underwear got more raggedy. 1978J. Carroll Mortal Friends iii. v. 322 It serves me right for asking what raggedy clothing you'd flung off.
2. Of a rough, irregular, or straggling form. Cf. ragged a.1 2.
a. gen.
1896‘Mark Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 358/1 Raggedy white patch between the shoulders..looked like some⁓body had hit him with a snow-ball. 1899Pall Mall G. 26 Dec. 2/1 A man with..unpleasant-looking, raggedy teeth. 1938L. Mumford Whither Honolulu? v. 16 Cities throughout America have been..over-extending themselves in raggedy fragments. 1955J. Masters Coromandel! i. 23 Voy sucked his raggedy moustache.
b. Of branches, plants, etc.
1912J. Stephens Crock of Gold v. 40 There was a raggedy blackberry hedge all round the field. 1927D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Like rather raggedy green buds climbing to the sun.
3. Of music or rhythm: irregular, uneven, broken. Cf. ragged a.1 3 b.
1949R. Blesh Shining Trumpets viii. 186 The tempo is buoyant, the beat is alive, and the rhythm is very raggedy. 1975New Yorker 19 May 113/2 A casual encounter between a boy and a girl who compete to the piled-up, off-center rhythms of many raggedy dances.
4. Comb., as Raggedy Andy U.S., a rag-doll, the male counterpart of Raggedy Ann (see next); Raggedy Ann orig. U.S., a rag-doll with short, mop-like, red hair; also attrib.; raggedy-ass(ed) a. U.S. slang (orig. Mil.) [cf. ass n.2], of persons: inexperienced, raw; also transf.
1920J. Gruelle Raggedy Andy Stories 2 Gran'ma had told Daddy..that at the time Raggedy Ann was made, a neighbor lady had made a boy doll, *Raggedy Andy. 1974News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 5-a/1 He was honored with a family party at his home with guests enjoying Raggedy Andy Cake.
1918J. Gruelle Raggedy Ann Stories Pref., To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, I dedicate these stories of *Raggedy Ann. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 124/2 Raggedy Ann costume, costume taken from child's story book about a stuffed doll. Consists of bright colored patched skirt, patched apron, simple white blouse, white socks and black shoes. Usually worn with ragged woolen wig. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 124/2 Raggedy Ann Bob, a short hair style for women similar to the wind-blown bob. 1967Southerly XXVII. 209 Katrina..brushed the short, raggedy-ann hair until it shone. 1970New Yorker 14 Nov. 50/3 She removed the clothes from a Raggedy Ann doll and stuck a pin..into the center. 1976Times 8 July 12/1 (caption) Raggity Ann patched up trousers. 1977Redbook Mar. 81/2 Kim wanted a Raggedy Ann cake.
1930T. Fredenburgh Soldiers March vii. 50 The *Raggedy Ass Cadets are out today. 1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) vi. 57 I'd have to travel five hundred to six hundred miles on a hot or cold raggedy-ass Blue Goose bus. 1967E. Liebow in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 406 A nice woman does not dress in ‘raggedy-ass clothes’. 1969J. A. McPherson Hue & Cry 58 Who taught you the moves when you were just a raggedy-ass waiter?
1929in J. J. Niles et al. Songs My Mother never taught Me 182 The *raggedy assed cadets are on parade. 1971R. Flanagan Maggot 252 Respect what man, you raggedy-assed little fuck?
Add:[2.] c. fig. As a general term of disparagement: miserable, unpleasant; very inferior; meagre. colloq. (chiefly U.S.).
1970R. D. Abrahams Positively Black v. 122 There were the Dalton Brothers, four of a kind. They shot a motherfucker for a raggedy dime. 1976Woman's Day (U.S.) Nov. 2/3 Since Friday night has always been a raggedy time for our family,..I decided to label that night on the menu calendar..Every Man for Himself. 1978Washington Post 4 Feb. e4/1 In the ensuing 25 years, most of them spent in raggedy third place, ABC did more than either CBS or NBC to move television away from New York. 1986M. Howard Expensive Habits 133 Life is rough, raggedy. |