| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r g |
| NOUN: | 1a. A scrap of cloth. b. A piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing, or dusting. 2. rags Threadbare or tattered clothing. 3. Cloth converted to pulp for making paper. 4. A scrap; a fragment. 5. Slang A newspaper, especially one specializing in sensationalism or gossip. 6. The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit. | | IDIOM: | on the rag Vulgar Slang 1. Menstruating. 2. Irritable; grouchy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ragge, from Old English *ragg, from Old Norse *rögg, woven tuft of wool.
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