"in rags" meaning in English

See in rags in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in rags, {{en-PP}} in rags
  1. Dressed in very old, torn clothes. Related terms: ragamuffin, rag-and-bone man
    Sense id: en-in_rags-en-prep_phrase-j8aW82ic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (by extension) Very poor or lowly. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-in_rags-en-prep_phrase-ghzUsgE7
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