noun
- a bag in which small pieces of cloth are kept for use in mending.
- a mixture or conglomeration: a ragbag of facts, half-truths, and blatant lies.
noun
- a bag for storing odd rags
- a confused assortment; jumblea ragbag of ideas
- informal a scruffy or slovenly person
1820, from rag (n.1) + bag (n.). Figurative sense of “motley collection” is first recorded 1864.