1rag 
/ˈræg/ noun
plural rags /ˈræg/ noun 1 [count] : a piece of cloth that is old and no longer in good condition : a scrap of cloth
▪ She used a rag to mop up the spill. ▪ I tore the old towel into rags. — see also do-rag 2 rags [plural] a informal : clothes
▪ expensive French rags — see also glad rags
b : clothing that is in poor condition
▪ He threw away a bunch of old rags. ▪ a homeless person wearing rags = a homeless person (dressed) in rags 3 [count] informal : a newspaper of poor quality
▪ He's a writer for our local rag. 4 [count] : a piece of ragtime music
▪ a piano rag
▪ She used a rag to mop up the spill. ▪ I tore the old towel into rags. — see also do-rag
▪ expensive French rags — see also glad rags
b : clothing that is in poor condition
▪ He threw away a bunch of old rags. ▪ a homeless person wearing rags = a homeless person (dressed) in rags
▪ He's a writer for our local rag.
▪ a piano rag
a red rag to a bull — see 1red
chew the rag — see 1chew
from rags to riches
: from being poor to being wealthy : from a state of having very little money to a state of having a lot of money
▪ She went from rags to riches overnight.
▪ She went from rags to riches overnight.
