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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

He said one part was warm water, another was that the winds — moving in the right direction and at the right altitude — allowed a somewhat raggedy storm to rapidly develop structure and strengthen.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

“So,” I say, once I’ve wiped my fingers on the front of my raggedy shirt, “tell me about them shamblers you’re keeping in that cage.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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