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Definition of
ragtime noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
ragtime
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈræɡtaɪm
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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an early form of
jazz
, especially for the piano, first played by African American musicians in the early 1900s
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