Obsolete British insult: a toerag is a piece of cloth worn on the foot under the boot to substitute a sock, especially in winter, and by vagrants. Something that is squalid and disgusting; by extension, a bum, vagrant or tramp.
Preceded more obscene (and thereby effective) insults such as tosser or wanker. It has fallen into disuse also because it invokes an element of the old class system, snootishness and looking down your nose at the lower classes.
Preceded more obscene (and thereby effective) insults such as tosser or wanker. It has fallen into disuse also because it invokes an element of the old class system, snootishness and looking down your nose at the lower classes.
by Zwentibold May 11, 2007
A derogatory British insult made antique by more popular words (Wanker, etc); Used to describe one who is seen as worthless in Society.
The word 'toerag' is believed to come from a rag used to wash the feet with, making it very lowly thought of.
The word 'toerag' is believed to come from a rag used to wash the feet with, making it very lowly thought of.
by Mitch Incognito September 04, 2003
More commanly used in the sixties and seventies on Britcoms before trms like plonker and wanker superseded it.
by titwanker April 12, 2003
by Loony Lovegood 2 April 29, 2018
A derogatory British insult made antique by more popular words; Used to describe one who is seen as worthless in Society (piss head)
by Spaniard!! January 11, 2010