Tag-rag n., adj. The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. "If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man."
... Walker because he was a temperance candidate, whereas the tag-rag rolled up en masse for Henderson, who shouted free drinks and ... — Some Everyday Folk and Dawn • Miles Franklin