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Raggedness

noun

A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. Synonym: roughness.

Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags.

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"Raggedness" Quotes from Famous Books

... the town and about a mile from the shore. We had no packing to do, as we possessed nothing in the world but the clothes we stood up in—and which, by the way, were now in the very last stage of "looped and windowed raggedness"—so we simply nodded a "good-bye" to such of our envious acquaintances as happened to be within saluting range, and at once set off up the road which we were informed would ...

— The Rover's Secret - A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba • Harry Collingwood

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