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Very old, torn, and worn out clothing, as worn by beggars.
rags
tatters
rags
tatters
1
Their clothes were bubbling in the hot spring in
rags
and tatters.
2
I found it in the
rags
;
blue Egyptians, you know, Mr. Gregory.
3
The stocks of many of the rifles were wrapped in dirty
rags
.
4
Potatoes were cooked in the same manner and often without the
rags
.
5
It is the only momentous fact; all others are chaff and
rags
.
1
His clothes were in
tatters
;
he hadn't changed them since the fight.
2
Their clothes were bubbling in the hot spring in rags and
tatters
.
3
Both houses have to reach agreement or leave the deal in
tatters
.
4
He is 26, a young man in despair, his future in
tatters
.
5
The economic fallout from Brexit has left many pension funds in
tatters
.
1
Their clothes were bubbling in the hot spring in
rags
and
tatters
.
2
The entire village seemed unwashed and dressed in
rags
and
tatters
.
3
Our flannel shirts and woolen undergarments hung from us in
rags
and
tatters
.
4
They began patiently sewing the
rags
and
tatters
back into usable form again.
5
Not even
rags
and
tatters
could have made Loristan seem insignificant or undistinguished.
6
They were things of
rags
and
tatters
-
their
only
luggage a bottle of whiskey.
7
Look at the clothing on my back
-
all
rags
and
tatters
.
8
His stiff dignity hung about him in
rags
and
tatters
.
9
We made sport of our
rags
and
tatters
and laughed the English to scorn.
10
Are you destitute of even the moral
rags
and
tatters
a Hottentot may boast?
11
Bullets sparked off his armour and his coat tore away in
rags
and
tatters
.
12
If I am a princess in
rags
and
tatters
,
I can be a princess inside.
13
Their clothes were in
rags
and
tatters
,
and they had a very wretched, starved appearance.
14
His dress consisted of
rags
and
tatters
,
and his countenance resembled that of a robber.
15
You are to be five beggars, two men and three women, all
rags
and
tatters
.
16
What a thing of
rags
and
tatters
,
an Emperor "drawn" like a fowl!