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stab-rag

noun

Etymology

From stab + rag.

  1. derived from *rawwa-✻
  2. derived from rǫgg — “tuft; shagginess”
  3. inherited from ragg
  4. inherited from ragge
  5. compounded as stab-rag — “stab + rag”

Definitions

  1. A regimental tailor.

    • Corporal Target is at the stab-rag—tailor's, sir. Bein' measured for a new overcoat, sir.

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