ragtag-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
noun
disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble]

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