toerag

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Noun

toerag (plural toerags)

1. A rag worn around the foot in place of a sock.
   • 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XLIV:

     Steady old Väinämöinen / yonder crept with no shoes on / without toe-rags he tiptoed […].

2. A tramp or vagrant.
3. A worthless or despicable person.
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, USA: Arthur A. Levine Books (2007), page 674:

     "I know James Potter's an arrogant toerag," she said, cutting across Snape.

Translations

• Russian: портянка

Translations

• Russian: оборва́нец

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