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Meanings of mere rags in English
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Usage of mere rags in English
1
He was singularly unkempt, his clothes mere rags, his hair uncombed.
2
Their clothes were mere rags, secured to their bodies in every way that ingenuity could devise.
3
His clothing, mere rags, hung loosely on a figure that was now much too narrow for them.
4
We are cobbling up a robe for the Emperor out of mere rags; we are upholsterers and not artists.
5
Scudding along under mere rags of canvas, the ship headed right into the swirl of waters agitated by the wind.
6
On page 147, bewailing his lack of a sieve, he says: "Linen, I had none but what was mere rags."