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RAG WEEK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Synonyms:
rag; rag week
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("rag week" is a kind of...):
hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)
Meronyms (parts of "rag week"):
rag day (a day on which university students hold a rag)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
