toerag

toerag

See also: toe rag

English

Etymology

From toe +‎ rag.

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

rag worn in place of a sock

Finnish: jalkarätti (fi) Russian: портянка (ru) f (portjanka)

worthless person

Finnish: reppahousu Russian: оборва́нец (ru) m (oborvánec), шантрапа́ (ru) m or f (šantrapá)

Anagrams

• Argote, OR gate, Tagore, ergato-, garote, gear to, orgeat