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   ragtime

   /ˈraɡtʌɪm/

   noun

   • 1. a kind of music evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s and played especially on the piano, characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment: "ragtime piano classics"

   adjective

   • 1. disorderly; disreputable: informal, dated "a ragtime army"

   Word Origin probably from rag4 (from the syncopation) + time.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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