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 | ragmatical rag-MAT-ik-uhl adjective poorly behaved; uncouth; low class1771The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerHe has not only got my skin, but, moreover, my butter-milk to fatten his pigs; and, I suppose, the next thing he gets, will be my pad to carry his daughter to church and fair: Roger gets this, and Roger gets that; but I'd have you to know, I won't be rogered at this rate by any ragmatical fellow in the kingdom—And I am surprised, docter Lews, you would offer to put my affairs in composition with the refuge and skim of the hearth. Labels: Tobias Smollett 
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