ragtop

English

Etymology

From rag +‎ top.

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Noun

ragtop (plural ragtops)

1. (informal) A convertible (automobile); its convertible top.

   Synonym: (the roof itself) top

   driving a ragtop

   put the ragtop down

   • 1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:

     Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.

   • 2017 [2003], Gillian Welch (lyrics and music), “Look at Miss Ohio”, in Soul Journey‎^[1], performed by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell:

     Oh me, oh my oh
     Would you look at Miss Ohio
     She's runnin around with the ragtop down
     Says I wanna do right but not right now
     I know all about it
     So you don't have to shout it
     I'm gonna straighten it out somehow
     Yeah I wanna do right but not right now

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