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ragtag
1820, from
rag
(n.) +
tag
(n.); originally in expression
rag-tag and bobtail
"the rabble" (
tag-rag and bobtail
is found in 1650s), from
bobtail
"cur," 1610s.
Tag and rag
was "very common in 16-17th c." [OED]
