This was no ragtag band of misfits at work here.
The hazard of making light of any ragtag band of true believers is that they may turn out to be a serious force.
The British tried to simply march past the ragtag band when an unordered shot rang out.
Lined up at the crest were Skaara and his ragtag band of shepherds.
The twin 12-year-old boys who lead their ragtag band of ethnic Karen fighters were not among them, apparently having sat out the raid.
There were a few times, too, when his ragtag band sounded downright ragged: the songs didn't always swing.
Then I don't care what your ragtag band of butchers does to me.
Somewhere ahead, he knew, the American commander and his ragtag band of deadly zealots were waiting.
You let a bird-of-prey be captured and piloted by a ragtag band of humans.
The partisan forces were no mere ragtag bands.