"on the rag" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From rag as a slang term for a menstrual pad. First use appears c. 1967. See cite below.",
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          "ref": "1974, Stephen King, Carrie, page 14:",
          "text": "She herself had begun menstruation shortly after her eleventh birthday and had gone to the head of the stairs to yell down excitedly: \"Hey, Mum, I'm on the rag!\"",
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          "ref": "1983, The Big Chill:",
          "text": "Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want to jump her while she's on the rag.",
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        "Menstruating."
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        "(idiomatic, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) Menstruating."
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        {
          "word": "on one's period"
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          "ref": "1967, University of South Dakota, English Dept, Current Slang, Volumes 2-5, page 5:",
          "text": "On the rag, in a bad mood.—College males, Arizona. I had a lousy time last night because she was on the rag.",
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        "In a bad mood; angry or irritable."
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          "bad",
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          "mood",
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory, by extension) In a bad mood; angry or irritable."
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  "word": "on the rag"
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          "ref": "1974, Stephen King, Carrie, page 14:",
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          "ref": "1983, The Big Chill:",
          "text": "Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want to jump her while she's on the rag.",
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      ],
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        "Menstruating."
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        "(idiomatic, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) Menstruating."
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          "word": "on one's period"
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory, by extension) In a bad mood; angry or irritable."
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