"toe rag" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-toe rag.ogg [Australia] Forms: toe rags [plural]
Etymology: From toe + rag. Etymology templates: {{m|en|toe|}} toe, {{m|en|rag}} rag Head templates: {{en-noun}} toe rag (plural toe rags)
  1. (Britain, slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of toerag (“tramp”) Tags: Britain, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang Alternative form of: toerag (extra: tramp) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-toe_rag-en-noun-r11EKvNS Disambiguation of People: 47 46 7 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-toe rag.ogg [Australia] Forms: toe rags [plural]
Etymology: Said to be from Tuareg, a nomadic North African tribesman, but may share same etymology as the UK definition: from the cloths worn around the foot. Head templates: {{en-noun}} toe rag (plural toe rags)
  1. (Ireland, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or insignificant person. Tags: Ireland, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People, Seafood
    Sense id: en-toe_rag-en-noun-zdOuCQcg Disambiguation of People: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Seafood: 25 62 13 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 70 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 64 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-toe rag.ogg [Australia] Forms: toe rags [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} toe rag (plural toe rags)
  1. (Britain, Somerset) Dried salt codfish. Tags: Britain
    Sense id: en-toe_rag-en-noun-2aeQ3-9l Categories (other): British English, Somerset English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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