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The phrase "a rag of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is tattered, worn, or of little value, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "He was left with nothing but a rag of a reputation after the scandal."
Alternatives: "a scrap of" or "a remnant of".
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"It's a rag of a paper," she said.
I murmured to Peter that I had not a rag of formal dress to my name.
The trail was easy — he had signed every stone, Left us a rag of flesh on every thorn.
But the mussels at Grant Achatz's hideaway lounge are an event, from their first appearance in an antique tureen to the final smudge of a bacon-infiltrated cream sauce that you wipe away with a rag of bread ($35).
"If anyone thinks I'm just going to go quietly into the corner, they are sorely mistaken," she says coolly, dismissing Liddle as "a ridiculous man writing in a rag of a paper".
On the starting grid, Vettel, 24, looked tense and serious, his face a rag of worry lines as he spoke to his engineer after turning a single lap of the circuit to reach the grid.
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Use rubbing alcohol or adhesive remover and a rag to remove remnants of the previous grips.
A rag doll of sorts, with the voice of Bonnie Hunt, Dolly has a floppy body.
As a society rag, of course Tatler loves a wedding, and this month they lift the rock on society's most important match of the month.
But they're stamped by the pleasure of jamming together, of collaborating on a jubilant rag of hissing strings, percussive splats, sneaker squeaks, and winded grunts.
According to Mr. Booker, what happens to the hero of a Rags to Riches story line?
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