or The Rag, subs. phr. (military).—The Army and Navy Club.
1864. YATES, Broken to Harness, iv. From the Doctor’s I went to the RAG and found Meaburn there.
1864. G. A. SALA, Quite Alone, xiii. THE RAG AND FAMISH seems to me a most palatial edifice, superb in all its exterior appointments.
1877. Punch’s Pocket-Book (1878), 172. There’s a Major I know who belongs to the RAG.
1887. MRS. LOVETT CAMERON, Neck or Nothing, i. The very smartest and best-looking man to be met with between the RAG and Hyde Park Corner.
1890. Daily Telegraph, 19 Aug., 5, 2. The genial “RAG” welcomes the sympathetic spirits of the Naval and Military with open arms.
