taggy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tag +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

taggy (comparative taggier, superlative taggiest)

  1. Of sheep: having tags, or dangling locks of wool.
    • 1921, Research Bulletin, numbers 347-359, page 66:
      An examination of the taggiest of the ewes showed a heavy infestation of red-headed lice to be the cause of the unrest. As these ewes had been dipped 2 years before, the lice probably had been introduced into the flock by an imported ram.