raggedy adj.
(US black) run-down, second-rate, dilapidated; of emotions and objects.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Eve. Capital Jrnl (Salem, OR) 29 Sept. 4/1: ‘Ain’t you ashamed to be seen in der tabernacle in such raggedy pants?’. | |
| Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 16 Mar. n.p.: Your old man’s a mean guy [...] He’s a tailor, and yet, he lets you wear those old, raggedy pants. | |
| Mules and Men (1995) 146: I’m raggedy, but right; patchey but tight. | |
| Bound for Glory (1969) 389: I wrote up a lot of songs for union folks, sung ’em all over [...] from th’ padded studios of CBS an’ NBC to th’ wild back country in th’ raggedy Ghettos. | |
| Waiters 285: An’ where’ll I be? Out there on my raggedy ass. | |
| (con. 1950s) Man Walking On Eggshells 204: Can you imagine a stud like me, who used to be one of the baddest mammy-tapping gangleaders in this jive town, now trying to uphold the law in this raggedy jive-ass city? | |
| (con. 1930s) Lawd Today 58: He’s raggety’s a dime mop. | |
| Chosen Few (1966) 41: Say, your platoon sho’ looks ragidy, don’t it. | |
| Jones Men 185: People [...] tellin’ me my shit gettin’ raggedy. | |
| Assault with a Deadly Weapon 188: We take the keys [...] and go on out to my old raggly car. | |
| Fort Apache, The Bronx 103: Filthy Freddie, a raggedy bum who lived in the garbage cans on Westchester Avenue. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Walking With Ghosts (2000) 275: A man with a raggedy beard. |
In compounds
(US black) an untidy, unkempt woman.
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 144: Expressions like raggedy, raggedy Ann, [...] carry with them, among other things, the image of badly made goods. |
see ragged-ass n.
(US black) an old car, any form of motor vehicle that has become run down and dilapidated.
| Lady Sings the Blues (1975) 55: I’d have to travel five hundred to six hundred miles on a hot or cold raggedy-ass Blue Goose bus. | |
 | ‘Dict.’ at luniz.com 🌐 Hooptie: Under Car, Bucket, Raggedy Ass Ride. |