"toe-rag" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: toe-rags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} toe-rag (plural toe-rags)
  1. (archaic) A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock. A footwrap. Tags: archaic Translations (rag worn in place of a sock): jalkarätti (Finnish), портянка (portjanka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-toe-rag-en-noun-FqQAcT63 Disambiguation of 'rag worn in place of a sock': 93 7
  2. Alternative form of toerag (“A worthless or despicable person, a tramp or vagrant”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: toerag (extra: A worthless or despicable person, a tramp or vagrant)
    Sense id: en-toe-rag-en-noun-zFkdnaIp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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