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rag day

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Noun1.rag day - a day on which university students hold a rag
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
day - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
rag week, rag - a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities


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It shows Newcastle University medical students in a Rag Day stunt in the Grainger Street/Market Street area during the autumn term of 1962, and I believe most of the participants are still alive and well.
Margaret Berry nee Ambrick, of Meltham, remembers many of her Marsden Youth Club Rag Day girls' football team fellow members.
Apparently, Cardiff students had threatened to kidnap Graham and I as a rag day stunt - they would have wanted a ransom to let us go.
 
 
 
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