ragtag
horde
1559 dans un récit de voyage; péj. au XVIIIe; tartare orda, horda; cf. turc ordou «camp». =>Ourdou.dâr-o-dasta( ye bi-sâmân yâ bi-sar-o-pâ) (bad)
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Indeed, if it wasn't for the fact Arab armies are even more of a rabble than the Israelis, the Israeli state would be genuinely under threat from its neighbours.
(http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-self-delusion-that-plagues-both-sides-in-this-bloody-conflict-1218224.html)
ragtag
['raegtaeg] n обик. ~ and bobtail разг. измет/утайка (на обществото).
ragtag
◊ danh từ ▪ (thông tục) lớp người nghèo; những người khố rách áo ôm ((cũng) ragtag and bobtain)
ragtag
1. n, (обикн. R and bobtail) разг: измет, утайка (на обществото).