rags

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It featured a large plaster neoclassical nude Venus, inspired by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen’s 19th century “Venus with Apple,” picking through a mountain of rags.

From Seattle Times

The "Venus of the Rags", a symbol of the Arte Povera movement which counts Pistoletto among its leading members, shows the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility standing next to a pile of rags.

From Reuters

MacDonald says another option could be that if gardeners have a small, separate chest fridge, they could adjust the temperature in that and place the potatoes in it with some wet rags.

From Seattle Times

In the winter of ’76, after a string of disastrous defeats, I trudged through the snow with the Continental Army, in shoes wrapped in rags, leaving bloody footprints behind.

From Washington Times

Grab some sticks, apply make-up, put on rags, bells and a hat: this way lies personal liberation.

From BBC