toerag

See also: toe rag and toe-rag

English

Etymology

From toe +‎ rag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊɹæɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

toerag (plural toerags)

1. (slang, derogatory) A tramp or vagrant.
2. (slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland) A worthless or despicable person.
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, USA: Arthur A. Levine Books, page 674:

     "I know James Potter's an arrogant toerag," she said, cutting across Snape.

   • 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I’m not racist; I don’t mind people coming in if they respect Irish people. But the likes of the toerags coming into this country – they’re not vetted and are causing havoc.”

3. Alternative form of toe-rag (“a cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock”).

Related terms

• toe-ragger

Translations

worthless person

• Finnish: reppahousu
• Russian: оборва́нец (ru) m (oborvánec), шантрапа́ (ru) m or f (šantrapá)

Anagrams

• Ortega, gear to, Goater, garote, ergato-, Argote, OR gate, orgeat, Tagore