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ragging

[ rag-ing ]

noun

, Metalworking.
  1. (in the rolls of a rolling mill) corrugations affording a grip on a piece being roughed.


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Example Sentences

He was never happier than when bully-ragging the men of his watch, under the plea of efficiency.

The bully-ragging, long-winded collection letter has no place in self-respecting business.

Hypatia won't have the chance of ragging you now—she and Miss Trotter have had a bit of a breeze.

But a man may understand ragging and yet be very far from understanding religious ragging.

"They're always ragging me—I mean the professional racers and motor men," he avowed, in a burst of resentful confidence.

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