toe rag

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From toe + rag. ==== Noun ==== toe rag (plural toe rags) (British, slang, derogatory) Alternative form of toerag (“tramp”). 1896, Walter Frith, In Search of Quiet: A Country Journal, May–July (novel), Harper & Brothers Publishers, page 156: “ […] Look what it's all driven me to!—a beggar, a tramp, a toe-rag commercial. […] ” 2001, Eric Clapton, liner notes to Reptile”, quoted in William Ruhlmann, “Reptile / Mar. 13, 2001 / Reprise”, Vladimir Bogdanov et al., All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues, Third Edition, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN, page 116: Where I come from, the word ‘reptile’ is a term of endearment, used in much the same way as ‘toe rag’ or ‘moosh’. === Etymology 2 === Said to be from Tuareg, a nomadic North African tribesman, but may share same etymology as the UK definition: from the cloths worn around the foot. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Noun ==== toe rag (plural toe rags) (Ireland, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or insignificant person. === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== toe rag (plural toe rags) (British, Somerset) Dried salt codfish. === References === Frederick Thomas Elworthy, The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrase, English Dialect Society, 1886. === Anagrams === Ortega, gear to, Goater, garote, ergato-, Argote, OR gate, orgeat, Tagore