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  • 11Raggedly — Ragged Rag ged (r[a^]g g[e^]d), a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. [1913 Webster] 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.… …

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  • 12Raggedness — Ragged Rag ged (r[a^]g g[e^]d), a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. [1913 Webster] 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.… …

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  • 13Sans-culotte — Sans cu lotte (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F., without breeches.] 1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the… …

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  • 14Tatterdemalion — Tat ter*de*mal ion, n. [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See {Tatter}, and {Mail} armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15fuddy-duddy — /fud ee dud ee, dud ee/, n., pl. fuddy duddies, adj. n. Also, fuddy. 1. a person who is stuffy, old fashioned, and conservative. 2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget. adj. 3. stuffy, old fashioned, and conservative. 4.… …

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  • 16sans-culotte — n. [Fr.] 1. Ragamuffin, tatter demalion, ragged fellow. 2. Jacobin, radical, republican …

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  • 17tatterdemalion — n. Ragamuffin, ragged fellow, wretch, sans culotte …

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  • 18dudman —  a scarecrow ; also a ragged fellow. W …

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  • 19List of Issues of The Magnet — Issues of The Magnet, published by Amalgamated Press between 1908 and 1940. References in brackets refer to reprints by the Howard Baker Press and the Greyfriars Book Club. 1908 The Making of Harry Wharton (Book Club 3) The Taming of Harry (Book… …

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  • 20Duran Duran — This article is about the band. For other uses, see Duran Duran (disambiguation). Duran Duran Duran Duran live at the ACC, Toronto, left to right: John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon, and Nick Rhodes Background information …

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