ragged : Idioms & Phrases

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Ragged lady

  • (Bot.), the fennel flower (Nigella Damascena).
Webster 1913

Ragged robin

  • noun common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
    Lychins floscuculi; cuckoo flower; Lychnis flos-cuculi.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (L. Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
Webster 1913

Ragged sailor

  • (Bot.), prince's feather (Polygonum orientale).
Webster 1913

Ragged school

  • a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. Eng.
Webster 1913