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121Ragged Staff Alley — In Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755 Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps …
122RAGGED SCHOOLS — a name given to the charity schools which provide education and, in most cases, food, clothing, and lodging for destitute children; they receive no Government support. The movement had its beginning in the magnanimous efforts of John Pounds (d …
123ragged out — adj American 1. dressed or dressed up. Since the 19th century this term has been used colloqui ally like dolled up or in one s glad rags . 2. distasteful, unpleasant. A teenage and Valley Girl expression of the late 1970s …
124ragged hair — disheveled hair, messy hair …
125ragged blue line — (USA) This term was used to signify the Union forces (who wore blue uniforms) in the American Civil war . (Dorking School Dictionary) …
126ragged robin — noun a pink flowered campion with divided petals that give it a tattered appearance. [Lychnis flos cuculi.] …
127ragged robin — rag′ged rob′in n. pln a plant, Lychnis flos cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals • Etymology: 1735–45 …
128ragged robin — /rægəd ˈrɒbən/ (say raguhd robuhn) noun a plant, Lychnis flos cuculi, bearing pink or white flowers with dissected petals, widespread in Europe and Asia …
