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Meanings of old rags in English

Baseball team.

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Usage of old rags in English
1
His bed in the attic was only a pile of old rags.
The Beacon Second Reader
2
It looks like the old rags-through-the-letter-box trick again, he said with satisfaction.
Evan and elle
3
They were made of straw and old rags, how could they possibly-
Blood harvest
4
On the roof I found some old rags and a rubber coated knapsack.
In the Amazon Jungle / Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper A...
5
They used the least smelly of the old rags for dusters.
Mixed Magics
6
He preferred to wear old rags, instead of good clean clothes.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
7
She was a fine woman once: she's a bundle of old rags now.
Blind Love
8
What the devil do you mean by putting me into these old rags?
The Yeoman Adventurer
9
But the Turkish bath trained horses came to the post limp as old rags.
Esther Waters
10
They were only partially clothed in some old rags, and looked exhausted and unhappy.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
11
This they exchanged for old rags and strips of cloth.
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
12
Nothing but a few old rags and twelve old blankets were sent to us.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
13
We tore old rags and made rag rugs for quilts to cover us with.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
14
Then she made a head out of some old rags.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
15
It had been made out of old boards, hoops, clay, old rags, and iron.
The Goose Man
16
Guess you finally got me out of my old rags.
Thief of lives
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Old rags through the time
Old rags across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common