What does raggle-taggle mean?
Raggle-taggle means Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged..
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/ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/ · adjective
Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged..
The cocky little foot soldiers who had mopped up the north Burma jungle saw a knot of blue-grey, raggle-taggle men at the junction and wanted to fire on them.
Gradually, these raggle-taggle remnants of the original counter-culture built up a neo-medieval economy based around crafts, alternative medicine and entertainment: jugglers, acrobats, healers, food vendors, candle makers, clothes sellers, tattooists, piercers, jewellers, and drug pedlars.
The raggle-taggle host of freedmen dwarfed her own, but they were more burden than benefit.
The prime minister must know that the only way to achieve his stated goal is to topple Gaddafi, and his intelligence will have informed him that the raggle-taggle army in Benghazi cannot do it for him.
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Raggle-taggle means Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged..
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The cocky little foot soldiers who had mopped up the north Burma jungle saw a knot of blue-grey, raggle-taggle men at the junction and wanted to fire on them.
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