1. ragtag - Noun
2. ragtag - Adjective
disparaging terms for the common people
Source: WordNetHow was a tiny force, made up of ragtag mercenaries, mostly ex-Venezuelan soldiers, going to make it all the way to Caracas, assault the heavily fortified presidential palace, seize Maduro, and presumably return him to the U.S. via Colombia? Source: Internet
Jean Jost summarises the function of liminality in The Canterbury Tales, "Both appropriately and ironically in this raucous and subversive liminal space, a ragtag assembly gather together and tell their equally unconventional tales. Source: Internet
“We found it impossible to deal with the ragtag political parties,” Mkapa wrote. Source: Internet
At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. Source: Internet
Another reveals Polyphemus (aka Cyclops) as a kindly farmer who discovers a ragtag group of soldiers pilfering his property. Source: Internet
But fate has other plans—and Sophie’s ensuing odyssey and the ragtag family she finds will change the entire world. Source: Internet