subs. phr. (popular).—A miserable remnant; a pell-mell of rubbish. Thus RAG AND BONE SHOP (also RAG-SHOP) = a crapulous and tumbled room; a PIGGERY (q.v.).
1888. Punch, 27 Oct., 197.
| RAGS AND BONES were all they left, | |
| of the man that struck O’Hara. |
subs. phr. (popular).—A miserable remnant; a pell-mell of rubbish. Thus RAG AND BONE SHOP (also RAG-SHOP) = a crapulous and tumbled room; a PIGGERY (q.v.).
1888. Punch, 27 Oct., 197.
| RAGS AND BONES were all they left, | |
| of the man that struck O’Hara. |
