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raggedy

[rag-i-dee] / ˈræg ɪ di /


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But in a deliberately raggedy film, we find a raggedy man.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2025

I had a golf tee time booked for Thursday afternoon at Wilson Golf Course, a beloved if sometimes raggedy course that the city runs in Griffith Park, near me.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2025

She was referring to a raggedy but reliable 2007 Kia Sedona missing its middle seat.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

That his controller wasn't a rifle and his raggedy family-reunion T-shirt wasn't a flak jacket.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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