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• Rags (dog) — Rags (c. 1916 March 22, 1936), born in Silver Spring, Maryland), US, was a mixed cairn terrier who became the U.S. 1st Infantry Division s dog mascot in World War I.Rags was press ganged into the division about July 15, 1917 in Montmartre, France …   Wikipedia

• Rags Ragland — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rags Ragland Nombre real John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland Nacimiento 23 de agosto de 1905 Louisville, Kentucky, Estados Unidos Defunción 20 de agosto de 1946 …   Wikipedia Español

• Rags — steht für Ēriks Rags (* 1975), lettischer Speerwerfer Rags (Musical), Musical von Joseph Stein, Charles Strouse und Stephen Schwartz Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• rags-to-riches — rags to richˈes adjective (of a story, etc) describing a person s progression from poverty to wealth • • • Main Entry: ↑rag * * * rags to riches UK US adjective mainly journalism used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very… …   Useful english dictionary

• Rags to Riches (song) — Rags to Riches is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The best known version of the song was recorded by Tony Bennett and reached #1 on the Billboard chart in 1953. In the same year, a version by David Whitfield reached #3 in the …   Wikipedia

• Rags Ragland — (b.John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland, August 23 1905, Louisville, Kentucky; d. August 20 1946, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedian and character actor. Ragland first made his reputation in burlesque, where he was one of the house… …   Wikipedia

• rags-to-riches — adj [only before noun] a rags to riches story is about someone who becomes very rich after starting life very poor …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rags-to-riches — adjective MAINLY JOURNALISM used for describing the life of someone who was born into a poor family but later became very rich and successful: the rags to riches story of country and western singer Loretta Lynn …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rags — old or tattered clothes. → rag rags the remnants of something. → rag …   English new terms dictionary

• rags to riches — Someone who starts life very poor and becomes rich goes from rags to riches …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• rags to riches — phrase used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich Almost overnight, she went from rags to riches. Thesaurus: changing social or professional statushyponym from an upper class familysynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary