to rag
Anne | September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »To abuse, and tear to rags the characters of the persons abused. She gave him a good ragging, or ragged him off heartily.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To abuse, and tear to rags the characters of the persons abused. She gave him a good ragging, or ragged him off heartily.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Bank notes. Money in general. The cove has no rag; the fellow has no money.
Also: A farthing.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A neat little man.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
An undertaker, one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals. See Carrion Hunter.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.