Austral./NZ
■ noun
1》 a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep.
2》 informal an entertainingly eccentric person.
3》 informal a conservative or unfashionable person.
↘an untidy or shabby person.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged ) cut ~s from (a sheep).
Phrases
rattle one's ~s informal hurry up.
Origin
ME (denoting a hanging pointed part of something): possibly related to tag 1 .