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ragtop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From rag + top.

Meanings

1. (informal) A convertible (automobile); its convertible top.
   • put the ragtop down
   • driving a ragtop
   • Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop. 1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:
   • Oh me, oh my oh Would you look at Miss Ohio She's runnin around with the ragtop down Says I wanna do right but not right now I know all about it So you don't have to shout it I'm gonna straighten it out somehow Yeah I wanna do right but not right now 2017 [2003], Gillian Welch, “Look at Miss Ohio”, in Soul Journey, performed by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell:

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