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rag⋅bag

[rag-bag]
–noun
1. a bag in which small pieces of cloth are kept for use in mending.
2. a mixture or conglomeration: a ragbag of facts, half-truths, and blatant lies.
Also, rag-bag.


Origin:
1810–20; rag 1 + bag
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Word Origin & History

rag-bag 
1820, from rag (n.) + bag. Fig. sense of "motley collection" is first recorded 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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