raggedy
Example Sentences
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It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.
From Los Angeles Times
The “Cry Me a River” video captures the L.A. rapper flopping around in a raggedy tent adjoining a rail yard.
From Los Angeles Times
It started with “two shacks on this property. Two raggedy shacks. And look at where we are now,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet his crown was stripped away by his half brother, a swaggering goofball with a raggedy haircut who grew up above the surface.
From New York Times
“They’re just dropping off people anywhere. Do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is?”
From Seattle Times
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