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rags

/ræɡz/noun

उच्चारण रैग्ज़

चीथड़े

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [pl.]

    old or torn clothes; (rag) a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things

    चीथड़े

    • from rags to riches
    • The beggar's rags could not keep out the bitter cold of the winter night.
    • The boy went from rags to riches in ten years.
    + 2 more examples
    • A bundle of rags lay in the corner of the shed.
    • They cleaned the engine with rags and a little oil.

    Synonyms tatters old clothes cloth duster

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

tatters old clothes cloth duster

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

From rags to riches (from being very poor to being very rich).

Idiom 'from rags to riches' (बहुत गरीब से बहुत अमीर बनना, फ़र्श से अर्श तक)।