Tag-rag n. & a.  The lowest class of people; the rabble.  Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
     If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man.   --Shak.
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  Bob·tail n.  An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
  Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.