What does "glad rags" mean?
I am reading Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme, The Guineas, and this word may have something to do with Monet's paint rags. Is is a folk adage?
Thanks very much.
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I've only ever heard this in song lyrics. (for example, it's in the first line of "Rock Around the Clock"). It is not a common phrase and I doubt you'd ever hear someone use it in real life.
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It means "your good clothes." I don't know why, but that's what it means.
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I have never heard the expression before, but Merriam Webster says that it means a person's best clothes.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glad%20rags
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