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ragtag and bobtail

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ragtag and bobtail

–noun
the riffraff; rabble: The ragtag and bobtail of every nation poured into the frontier in search of gold.
Also, rag, tag, and bobtail; tagrag and bobtail.


Origin:
1810–20
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ragtag and bobtail  
n.  The lowest social class; the rabble.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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