Idiom
rag bagger
Meaning
A sailor who tends to sail on messy cruising vessels.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old rag bagger spends all his time fixing his boat.”
“The marina is full of serious racers, but he is a happy rag bagger who prefers a slow, messy cruise.”
“While the yacht club members polished their pristine hulls, the seasoned rag bagger simply hoisted his patched sails and headed out to sea.”
Examples
simple
“That old rag bagger spends all his time fixing his boat.”
contextual
“The marina is full of serious racers, but he is a happy rag bagger who prefers a slow, messy cruise.”
complex
“While the yacht club members polished their pristine hulls, the seasoned rag bagger simply hoisted his patched sails and headed out to sea.”
Origin
Derived from a combination of rag, in reference to the sails of a vessel, and bagger, denoting the storage of numerous items.
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