Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toe-rag

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: toe-rag
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock; a footwrap.

Archaic

noun

Alternative form of toerag (“A worthless or despicable person, a tramp or vagrant”).

Example Sentences

"Stockings being unknown, some luxurious men wrapped round their feet a piece of old shirting, called, in language more expressive than elegant, a “toe-rag”."
"One of his feet had been bleeding, I could see from his ‘toe-rag,’ which stuck out on one side."
"Steady old Väinämöinen / yonder crept with no shoes on / without toe-rags he tiptoed […]."
"“I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

toe-rags (plural)

Questions

What does toe-rag mean?: A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock; a footwrap.

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