Now thou shalt not have so much as one tag-rag of my coat, even could it save thee from hanging.

He practises the charity which covereth a multitude of faults, but he leaves a tag end of one peeping out to attract curiosity, and if the collector asks questions, he is candid and tells the truth, though with manifest reluctance.

So it was that when Milligan announced a tag dance and the couples swirled onto the floor gayly, Donnegan decided to take matters into his own hands and offer the first overt act.

This is a large flock of sheep that has come up into this valley of the mountains, and some of them have got tag-locks hanging about them.