tagraggery
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English
Etymology
Noun
tagraggery (plural tagraggeries)
- (literary, rare) A miscellaneous collection of shabby or ragtag things.
- 1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume V, London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, book XVIII, page 293:
- Her, and her miscellaneous tagraggery of Confederates, one and all.
References
- “tagraggery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “tagraggery, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
