ragtop

English

Etymology

From rag +‎ top.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ragtop (plural ragtops)

  1. (informal) A convertible (automobile); its convertible top.
    Synonym: (the roof itself) top
    driving a ragtop
    put the ragtop down
    • 1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:
      Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.
    • 2017 [2003], Gillian Welch, “Look at Miss Ohio”, in Soul Journey‎[1], performed by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell:
      Oh me, oh my oh
      Would you look at Miss Ohio
      She's runnin around with the ragtop down
      Says I wanna do right but not right now
      I know all about it
      So you don't have to shout it
      I'm gonna straighten it out somehow
      Yeah I wanna do right but not right now

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