Tag (?), n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.]
1.
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
2.
A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
3.
The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
4.
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
[Obs.]
Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.
5.
A sheep of the first year.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
<-- Tag sale. [From the price tag usually attached to each item]
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.
Frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the seller. Similar to a yard sale or garage sale. Compare flea market, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place rented for the purpose. -->
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Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging (?).]
1.
To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
Macaulay.
His courteous host . . .
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
Dryden.
2.
To join; to fasten; to attach.
Bolingbroke.
3.
To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
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Tag, v. i.
To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
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Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.]
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
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