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or tagrag and bobtail
as in ragtag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
in an apparent effort to keep out the city's tag, rag, and bobtail, the restaurant charges royally high prices for mediocre food
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Noun
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That’s something that certainly showcases a semblance of how the populace might react.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025 -
For Bass, her speech was about more than just reassuring a disquieted populace and workforce.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The issue has long divided the Jewish Israeli public, especially during the 20-month war in the Gaza Strip.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The American public had no clue about the war fever sweeping Great Britain, because British ships carrying mail and newspapers took at least ten days to cross the Atlantic.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Both of their remains are presumed to have been transported to Hawaii’s trash incinerator.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Your town may have a trash pickup walk, a Thanksgiving turkey trot or a stroll to historic sites.—
Elizabeth Passarella,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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By the numbers As of Friday (June 13), there are 7 people aboard the International Space Station: commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers and Jonny Kim of NASA and Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos, all flight engineers.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
14 June 2025
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Her tour is a celebration of country music, while spotlighting the complex truth: Black people helped build the genre and are still ostracized today.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2025
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There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2024
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Two years ago, the Cleveland Guardians had David Fry pitch four innings at the end of a rout against the Minnesota Twins, the first time a true position player had pitched at least three innings in a game since 1988, according to USA Today.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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So even after a blowout win Monday — a 6-1 rout of the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series — Maurice has a pretty solid understanding of what might come next.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2025
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Its waterline scrubbing removes scum buildup along the pool’s edge with double-pass cleaning.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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In This Article How to Finish and Keep it Clean As porous material, grout acts like a sponge and soaks up everything: dirt, grease, mildew, soap scum, even hard water.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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