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rag ¹    (rg) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 1. A scrap of cloth.
   2. A piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing, or dusting.
2. rags Threadbare or tattered clothing.
3. Cloth converted to pulp for making paper.
4. A scrap; a fragment.
5. Slang A newspaper, especially one specializing in sensationalism or gossip.
6. The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit.

IDIOM:
on the rag Vulgar Slang

1. Menstruating.
2. Irritable; grouchy.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ragge, from Old English *ragg, from Old Norse *rögg, woven tuft of wool

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