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Definition of rag rug noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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1 Νοε 2010 · When one says that they have "lost the rag" - it usually means they've gotten impatient or lost their temper. But what does the 'rag' refer to and how did the phrase originate?
A rag rug is a small carpet made of old pieces of cloth stitched or woven together.
A rag rug is a rug or mat made from rags. Small pieces of recycled fabric are either hooked into or poked through a hessian backing, or else the strips are braided or plaited together to make a mat. Other names for this kind of rug are derived from the material (clippy or clootie rug) or technique (proggie or proddie rug, poke mats and peg mats).
rag trans. slang. (etymology uncertain, perhaps from rag = tear, rend, rip) tease or torment; (originally University slang) to make fun of in a rough or boisterous manner. Where the first citation for that exact sense is 1749, with the cognate BrE slang rag = scold, reprove a decade earlier.
20 Οκτ 2021 · "torn or worn scrap of cloth," early 14c., probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse rögg "shaggy tuft, rough hair," earlier raggw-; Old Danish rag; see rug), or else a back-formation from ragged.
rag′ rug′, Furniture a rug, often multicolored, made of rags or strips of fabric woven or stitched together.
