Rag, rags, RAG or The Rag may refer to:
Common uses
* Rag, a piece of old
cloth
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* Rags, tattered
clothes
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Rag (newspaper)
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, a publication engaging in tabloid journalism
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Rag paper, or cotton paper
Arts and entertainment
Film
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''Rags'' (1915 film), a silent film
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''Rags'' (2012 film), a modernization of the ''Cinderella'' fairy tale
Music
* Rag, a piece of
ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...
music
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''Rags'' (musical), a 1986 Broadway musical
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Ruhrpott AG, a German hip hop group
* Rags, a former name of the band
Tin Huey
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''Rags'' (EP), by EarthGang, 2017
Other uses in arts and entertainment
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''Rags'' (novel), a 2001 ''Doctor Who'' novel
* Rags, a dog character in TV show ''
Spin City
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Businesses and organisations
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RAG AG, a German coal mining corporation
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RAG Austria AG
RAG Austria AG (RAG) is the largest gas storage operator and thus energy storage company in Austria. The company focuses its business activities on the storage of natural gas and other gaseous energy and the development of green-gas technologies ...
, a gas storage operator in Austria
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RAGS International, later Messiah Foundation International, a spiritual organisation
People
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Rags (nickname), a list of people known as Rags
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Ä’riks Rags (born 1975), a Latvian javelin thrower
Places
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Rag Island, in the Seal Islands group, Australia
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Rag River, in County Cavan, Ireland
Other uses
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Royal Galician Academy (Galician: ''Real Academia Galega''), in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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The Rag'', an underground paper in Austin, Texas, 1966–1977
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Rag (student society), a student-run charitable fundraising group
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Rag (typography), the ragged edge of a block of text
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Recombination-activating gene, encoding enzymes RAG-1 and RAG-2
* RAG rating (Red, Amber, Green), a
traffic light rating system
*''Ragioniere'' or ''rag.'', an
Italian honorific for a school graduate in business economics
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Rags (dog) (1916–1936), 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I
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The Rag (club), alternative name for the Army and Navy Club in London
See also
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Rag and Bone (disambiguation)
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Rag doll (disambiguation)
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Raga or raag, a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music
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Ragga, a subgenre of dancehall and reggae music
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Ragging, initiation rituals in higher education institutions in the Indian subcontinent
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Rags to riches (disambiguation)
Rags to riches refers to a rise from poverty to wealth. It may also refer to:
* ''Rags to Riches'' (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Commodore 64
* Rags to Riches (horse), a thoroughbred race horse
* "Rags to Riches" (1953 song), a 1953 ...
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Rags Brook, a tributary of the River Lea in England
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Ragulator-Rag complex, in cell biology
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On the rag, a reference to menstruation
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