ragondin

The pelt or fur of the La Plata beaver or coypou, Myopotamus coypus; nutria. ragoot, n. An obsolete English spelling of ragout. ragout (ra-gö'), n. [Formerly spelled ragoo or ragou, in imitation of the F. pron., also ragoust, Spongy Morells in strong Ragousts are found, And in the Soupe the slimy Snail is drown'd. Gay , Trivia. IMG:content-1576.png:[blocks in formation] When he found her prefer a plain dish to a ragout , had nothing to say to her. Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice, p. 29. 2. Figuratively, a spicy mixture; any piquant combination of persons or things. I a ure you she has an odd Ragoût of Guardians, as you will find when you hear the Characters. Mrs. Cent livre, Bold Stroke, ii. rag-picker (rag'pik"ėr), n . 1. One who goes about to collect rags, bones, and other waste articles of some little value, from streets, ashpits, dunghills, etc.-2. A machine for tearing and pulling to shreds rags, yarns, hosiery, old carpet, and other waste, to reduce them to cotton or wool staple; a shoddy-machine.- Ragpickers' disease malignant anthrax. ragshag (rag's hag), n. [A riming variation of rag, as if While the Ragshags were marching,.. [he] caught his foot in his ragged garment and fell. Conn . Courant , July 7, 1887.