toe-rag

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toe-rag

noun toe-rags

archaic A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock; a footwrap. Stockings being unknown, some luxurious men wrapped round their feet a piece of old shirting, called, in language more expressive than elegant, a “toe-rag”.
alternative Alternative form of toerag (“A worthless or despicable person, a tramp or vagrant”). “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

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noun rag worn in place of a sock

Русский	портянка portjanka

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@misc{toe_rag_2026,
  title = {toe-rag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toe-rag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}