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English citations of rag
noun: a card that appears to help no one
[edit]- 2007, Sam O'Connor, How to Dominate $1 and $2 No Limit Hold 'Em, page 101:
- A rag on the river means it's showdown time.
noun: fog, mist, accompanied by drizzle (Yorkshire, Devon, etc)
[edit]- 1876, Madox-Brown, Dwale Bluth, book II, v:
- Hare sher cumes at learst; loitering-louching vrough th' rag an' reek.
noun: a group of colts
[edit]1949, Stanislaus Lynch, Hounds Are Running![1], page 38:
- Few breeders of bloodstock would nowadays refer to their valuable thoroughbreds as a Rag of Colts.
1994, Jane E.M. Robinson, The Amazon Chronicles[2], page 294:
- With the foals she'll drop and with the rag of colts the stallion will get on the other mares, we'll have a sauad of tall ones in four seasons, and plenty of breedin' stock to boot.