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rag

noun as in piece of cloth

verb as in tease

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“Welcome back, Roz,” said the woman, wiping her hands on a rag.

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Jihadists in ragged cuffed pants and turbans emerged from the savanna, setting the first vehicle on fire and seizing the rest, according to footage from the insurgents and Western contractors and officials.

For more than an hour, I lost myself in a flow state as I sought to replicate the slender mushroom’s fine gills and delicate but ragged skirt.

Fairclough added wearing number one "was like waving a red rag to a bull at that level of football".

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The putrid chamber drama becomes a fantasia, befouled rags turn into tuxedo pants and it’s finally safe to belt how they feel.

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