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rag
noun- a sanitary towel US
- R is for rag to catch the flow from the womb / it substitutes for Kotex when menstruation is in full bloom. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 213, 1966
- [A] loved one will rebuff you, that’s you with the rags on! — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 17, 1971
- For tomorrow she would have the rags on, and the day off. — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 3, 1979
- — Edith A. Folb, runnin’ down some lines, p. 251, 1980
- the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US
- Fellatia passes uptown for a woman and specializes in blowing her johns in the back seat of cabs and if they insist on taking her to their rooms, pleads the rag and blows them there. — John Francis Hunter, The Gay Insider, p. 90, 1971
- Many a nut got busted in her butt / For the rag didn’t mean a thing. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 83, 1976
- a despicable person US
- Don’t be such a rag. I have to sit here and work up the desire to fuck you later. — Chasing Amy, 1997
- a newspaper, especially a disreputable one UK, 1889
- The other rag gave me a good spread and a good going over and they didn’t have my picture. — Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night, p. 16, 1951
- I’ve got a guy coming in–used to work on the labor rag here before it folded[.] — Jim Thompson, The Nothing Man, p. 232, 1954
- a used car that is in very poor condition US
- — American Speech, pp. 309 –310, Winter 1980: “More jargon of car salesmen”
- a well-worn tyre US, 1961
- — American Speech, p. 273, December 1961: “Northwest truck drivers’ language”
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 127, 1971
- a banknote; paper money UK, 1817
- in pool, a cushion US, 1985
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 186, 1993
- in horse racing, an outsider (a horse considered unlikely to win a race) UK
- [N]ot, as I keep telling owners, that their precious creature is useless: a “rag” in the Derby could be the “”jolly” [favourite] next time out in a handicap. — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 61, 1991
- in poker, a useless card in the dealt hand or a drawn card that does not improve the hand US, 1978
- — Edwin Silberstang, Winning Poker for the Serious Player, p. 219, 1992
- in a carnival midway game, a small prize in a plastic bag US
- — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 25, 1985: “Terminology”
- a railway pointsman US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 267, 1946
▶ get your rag out
to lose your temper UK
A combination of LOSE YOUR RAG[H]e had called her a slab-sided cow and that had got her rag out. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 17, 1956▶ lose your rag
to lose your temper UK, 1959- “Just take your place, Bex,” Weasel says, losing his rag a little. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 100, 2001
- It’s just the way it is, son, don’t start losing your rag with me! — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 28, 2001
▶ on the rag; have the rag on- experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US
- What’s wit’ you, you got the rag on or somethin’? — Richard Price, The Wanderers, p. 188, 1974
- Is she on the rag or what? — Airheads, 1994
- yeah, I’m just waiting because I’m on my rag. — Ana Loria, 1 2 3 Be A Porn Star!, p. 47, 2000
- figuratively, to be distracted and irritable US
- “You see, zoll – ” (That how she said doll.) “ – Little Flip’s got the mean rag on.” — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 50, 1963
- It’s all a matter of which team don’t have the rag on. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 48, 1972
- See, he always calls me “Sergeant” when he’s on the rag which is most a the time. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Choirboys, p. 259, 1975
- Vinnie was on the rag. He’d pulled a muscle in his leg again and lost a good bust on a chickenshit technicality and then when they reported for work the Captain said they’d have to go an extra four[.] — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 383, 1977
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