raggle-taggle

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raggle-taggle

/ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/ UK

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Alteration of rag-tag; see also -le.

adjective more raggle-taggle · most raggle-taggle

Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged. The cocky little foot soldiers who had mopped up the north Burma jungle saw a knot of blue-grey, raggle-taggle men at the junction and wanted to fire on them.

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@misc{raggle_taggle_2026,
  title = {raggle-taggle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raggle-taggle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}