1912, David Herbert Lawrence, chapter 12, inThe Trespasser:
There was aragged noise of bleating from the flock penned in a corner of the yard. Two red-armed men seized a sheep, hauled it to a large bath that stood in the middle of the yard, and there held it, more or less in the bath, whilst a third man baled a dirty yellow liquid over its body.
2010, Dall Wilson,Alice Nielsen and the Gayety of Nations,→ISBN, page318:
Now I realize how ridiculous and almost impertinent it was to expect New Yorkers to accept such aragged performance for they have always demanded the best and do not tolerate the second-rate."
2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, inBBC Sport[1]:
Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched andragged.
2013, William J. Taylor, Eric T. Olson, Richard A. Schrader,Defense Manpower Planning: Issues for the 1980s,→ISBN, page219:
Despite the apparent general viability of the AVF itsragged performance serves to motivate serious questions concerning its future viability, the quality of the defense that we are buying, and the AVF's effect on our nation and society.
