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▪ I. ˈragger1 [f. rag v.1 2 b.] One who sorts needles by means of a rag.
1861Wynter Soc. Bees 189 Heads and points still lie together, and in order to put them all in the same direction, the ‘ragger’ is employed. ▪ II. ragger2 [f. rag v.2 + -er1.] One who rags or teases; spec. a participant in a student rag.
1903Speaker 7 Feb. 451/1 There is much to be said in favour of the ‘raggers’. Mere ‘ragging’ as distinguished from..persistent and brutal bullying..never yet did a youngster any harm. 1905Westm. Gaz. 15 May 7/3 One of the raggers received a bullet in the mouth, and is seriously injured. 1909H. G. Wells Ann Veronica xi. 220 Ann Veronica decided that ‘hoydenish ragger’ was the only phrase to express her. She was always breaking rules. 1930Daily Express 6 Nov. 1/2 Guys were then thrown on the blazing piles amid the wild shrieks of the ‘raggers’. |