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Definition of rag noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    rag

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ræɡ//
     
     
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  1. 1[countable, uncountable] a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things I wiped the window with a damp rag. Use a piece of old rag. see glad rags
  2. 2[countable] (informal) (usually disapproving) a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality the local rag
  3. 3a piece of ragtime music
    4. Idioms
    in rags
     
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    wearing very old torn clothes The children were dressed in rags.
    (from) rags to riches
     
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    from being extremely poor to being very rich a rags-to-riches story Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.
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