Tag-rag n. & a. The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. --Shak.
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Bob·tail n. An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.