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rags and tatters

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rags and tatters

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  1. plural, plural only very old, torn clothes ...she was sworn just as she was, all rags and tatters.
  2. broadly, plural, plural only something ruined; fragments December 17 2001, Russell Thomas, The Guardian Sports section. Fulham's defence was a thing of rags and tatters long before the end.

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noun very old, torn clothes

Españolandrajos, estrazas, harapos, jirones, guiñapos
Françaishaillons
DeutschLumpen

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@misc{rags_and_tatters_2026,
  title = {rags and tatters},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rags%20and%20tatters},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}