toerag

English

Etymology

toe +‎ rag

Noun

toerag (plural toerags)

1. (chiefly UK) a rag worn around the foot in place of a sock by a tramp or vagrant
2. the tramp himself, subsequently generalized to:
3. a worthless nobody from the dregs of society
   • 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

a worthless person

• Russian: оборванец (ru) (oborvánec) m, шантрапа (ru) (šantrapá) m and f

Anagrams

• garote