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The vulgus ignobil. A ?tag? is a doe in the second year of her age; a ?rag,? a herd of deer at rutting time; ?bobtail,? a fawn just weaned.
According to Halliwell, a sheep of the first year is called a tag. Tag is sometimes written shag.
?It will swallow us all up, ships and men, shag, rag, and bobtail.? ?
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