rag
noun [C] (NEWSPAPER) /ræɡ/ informalDefinition
› a newspaper or magazine that is considered to be of bad quality: He had his picture taken for some local rag.Newspapers and magazines
(Definition of rag noun (NEWSPAPER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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