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glad rags
your glad rags
(old-fashioned) the clothes that you wear when you are going somewhere special Put your glad rags on, we're going to a party.
glad rags
Stylish clothes, as in Let's put on our glad rags and go out on the town. [Slang; late 1800s]
glad rags
n. fancy clothes; best clothing. (see also
rag.)
I’ll get on my glad rags, and we’ll go out tonight.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Garfield | | ['ga:fi:ld] | |
Elijah | | i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English) | English, Hebrew, Biblical |
FÁBia | | - | Portuguese |
Meriwether | | MER-i-wedh-ər | English (Rare) |
Severina | | - | Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman |
Ivah | | - | Biblical |