English
ragger
From rag + -er.
Formed from rag + -er
Proto-Germanic *rawwa-
Old Norse rǫgg ‘tuft’
Old English ragg
Middle English ragge ‘rag, cloth scrap’
English rag
Today it means
noun A toy for dogs, resembling intertwined strands of rope.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ragger”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / ragger