tagrag

My own position is this: with the loyalists I hold the same place as when you left town, with the tagrag and bobtail of the city I hold a much better one than at your departure.

The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero

'We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house, sir,' answered John.

Barnaby Rudge Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1892

He was close upon them, Mr. Drake and the other comrade being with him, and some tagrag in attendance, as usual.

East Lynne Henry Wood 1850

A deputation, half the length of the street -- its whole length, if you include the tagrag and bobtail that attended behind -- set off on the spur of the moment to the office of Mr. Carlyle.

East Lynne Henry Wood 1850

The laborers, their duty done, walked coolly away; the tagrag withdrew to a safe distance, waiting for what might come next; and Miss Carlyle moved away also.

East Lynne Henry Wood 1850

'We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house, sir,' answered

Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Charles Dickens 1841

"We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house, sir," answered John.

Barnaby Rudge 1840

Of his sentences perhaps not more than nine-tenths stand straight on their legs; the remainder are in quite angular attitudes, buttressed-up by props (of parentheses and dashes), and ever with this or the other tagrag hanging from them; a few even sprawl-out helplessly on all sides, quite broken-backed and dismembered.

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

Bazoche, Cure of Saint-Stephen and all the tagrag-and-bobtail of the world, to work their will.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

‘We don’t take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house, sir,’ answered John.

Barnaby Rudge 2007