stab-rag
nounEtymology From stab + rag.
- In conclusion, the bottom on the jacket, and the button-holes, companions thereto, would baffle the criticism of the most hyper-fastidious stab-rag; and the shirt collar, with every other detail—never forgetting the chiaro-scuro—are equal to any of the preceding.1841 August 21, “Fine Arts”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume 1, page 65:
- Corporal Target is at the stab-rag—tailor's, sir. Bein' measured for a new overcoat, sir.1943, Stella Gibbons, Ticky, London: Random House, published 2012, →ISBN, page 127: