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RED RAG. The tongue. Shut your potatoe trap, and give your red rag a holiday; i.e. shut your mouth, and let your tongue rest. Too much of the red rag (too much tongue).

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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