raggle-taggle
/ˈraɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l
/adjective
Untidy and scruffy: a raggle-taggle band of Gypsies...
- They wandered past the sandwich shop, a raggle-taggle band of urban warriors, uniformed and disaffected, disillusioned, disowned.
- He is at his best when relieving a skinflint widow of her wealth, sorting out a king's love life or abandoning a band of raggle-taggle Gypsies to become an itinerant actor.
- The cover alone demonstrates this, with Scott joined by his raggle-taggle brethren in front of Spiddal House, the ivy-clad old mansion house where the record was eventually finished.
Origin
Early 20th century: apparently a fanciful variant of ragtag.
Rhymes
- returf
- return
- returnability
- returnable
- return address
- return air
- returnal
- return carriage
- return case
- return catch
- return conductor
- return crease
- return current
- return date
- return day
- returnee
- return envelope
- returner
- return fire
- returning board
- returning boomerang
- returning officer
- return key
- returnless
- return mail