raggery

English

Noun

raggery (uncountable)

  1. Rags; ragged clothing.
    • 1830, John Gideon Millingen, Adventures of an Irish Gentleman, page 261:
      If they're of a proper cut, just the boys for the ladies, we rig them out in raggery, shell out the needful, get the marriage articles drawn out […]
    • 1888, The Archivist, volumes 1-5:
      It was clothed in majestic raggery.

See also
  • tag-raggery
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