• A torn, threadbare or otherwise inferior piece of textile
  Textile
  A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
  
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• A piece of ragtime
  Ragtime
  Ragtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...
  
   music.
• Raga
  Raga
  A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...
  
  , the musical scale of a composition in Indian classical music.
• Rag. a title for people holding high school degrees in business economics, see Italian honorifics
  Italian honorifics
  -Nobility:As part of the republican constitution that became effective in Italy on 1 January 1948, titles of nobility ceased to be recognized in law , and the organ of state which had regulated them, the Consulta Araldica, was eliminated...
  
  
• Rag (typography), the ragged edge of a block of text.
• Rag (newspaper), a newspaper that tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars
• The Student Rags which took place between King's College London and University College London from the 1820s.

• Ēriks Rags
  Eriks Rags
  Ēriks Rags is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   (born 1975), Latvian javelin thrower.

• Rags Matthews
  Rags Matthews
  Raymond "Rags" Matthews was an All-American football player at Texas Christian University in the 1920s, playing end on both offense and defense....
  
   (1905–1999), All-American football player.
• Rags Morales
  Rags Morales
  Ralph "Rags" Morales is an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics' Identity Crisis, Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Batman Confidential, and Hawkman, Turok Dinosaur Hunter for Valiant Comics and Magic the Gathering: Dakkon Blackblade #1 from Armada/Acclaim Comics.Morales is the...
  
  , American comic book artist.
• Rags Ragland
  Rags Ragland
  Rags Ragland was an American comedian and character actor. Ragland first made his reputation in burlesque, where he was one of the house comics for the famed Minsky burlesque shows...
  
   (1905–1946), an American character actor.

• Rags (musical)
  Rags (musical)
  Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse.-Production history:The Broadway production opened on August 21, 1986 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre with little advance sale and to mostly indifferent reviews, and it closed after only four...
  
  , a Broadway musical.
• Rags (group of dancers) - a norwegian group of dancers in the period 1984 - 1992
• The Rag
  The Rag
  The Rag was an underground paper published in Austin, Texas from 1966-1977. The sixth member of the Underground Press Syndicate, The Rag was one of the most influential of the early underground papers, known for its unique blend of radical politics, alternative culture and humor.- Early history...
  
  , an underground paper published in Austin, Texas from 1966–1977.
• Ravi Khote, or "Rags", Indian singer.
• Rags (dog)
  Rags (dog)
  Rags , born in Paris, France, was a mixed breed terrier who became the U.S. 1st Infantry Division's dog-mascot in World War I....
  
   - 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I.
• Rags (Spin City) - the dog from Spin City
  Spin City
  Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on the ABC network. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike...
  
   television show.
• Ragnarök (MUD), an online role-playing game
• Rag (student society)
  RAG (student society)
  University Rag societies are student-run charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Most universities in the UK and Ireland, as well as some in South Africa and the Netherlands have a Rag...
  
  , a student fund raising charitable group.
• Rags (Doctor Who)
  Rags (Doctor Who)
  Rags is a BBC Books original novel written by Mick Lewis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor and Jo.-External links:*...
  
  , a Doctor Who novel.
• Rags (film)
  Rags (film)
  Rags is an upcoming Nickelodeon Original Movie. It is a musical that stars Keke Palmer, Drake Bell, Max Schneider, Zak Santiago, and Avan Jogia...
  
  , a Nickelodeon original film

• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
  Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
  Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is a spiritual leader, founder of the spiritual movements RAGS International and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam ....
  
   known as RAGS.
• Recombination activating gene
  Recombination activating gene
  The recombination activating genes encode enzymes that play an important role in the rearrangement and recombination of the genes of immunoglobulin and T cell receptor molecules during the process of VDJ recombination...
  
  , encode enzymes involved in VDJ recombination.
• RAGS International, the former name of the Messiah Foundation International
  Messiah Foundation International
  - Shahi's claimed meeting with Jesus :The movement claims that Shahi met with Jesus Christ on the 29th of May, 1997 in Taos, New Mexico. Shahi claimed that Jesus could speak many languages and did not live in a particular home. When asked about what was discussed between himself and Jesus, Shahi...
  
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• On the rag, a euphemistic phrase for a menstruating
  Menstruation
  Menstruation is the shedding of the uterine lining . It occurs on a regular basis in sexually reproductive-age females of certain mammal species. This article focuses on human menstruation.-Overview:...
  
   woman.
• The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit
  Fruit
  In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
  
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• A slang nickname for the Manchester United, used by detractor.
• Slang for a newspaper
  Newspaper
  A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
  
  , often used in a pejorative sense to describe a tabloid or other down-market publication.

See also

• RAG (disambiguation)
• Do-rag
  Do-rag
  A do-rag, also spelled doo-rag, du-rag, durag, is a piece of cloth used to cover the head. According to the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster the term derives from do as in hairdo.- History :...
  
  , a bandanna shaped, folded, and tailored by its manufacturer so as to conform to the wearer's head.
• Ragging
  Ragging
  Ragging is a practice in educational institutions in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka that involves existing students baiting or bullying new students. It is similar to the American phenomenon of hazing. It often takes a malignant form wherein the newcomers may be subjected to psychological or...
  
  , is a form of abuse on newcomers to educational institutions in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, similar to hazing.