GR translation: rag-sorrowful

[Mark Kohut]

One online definition of 'rag' is...."waste" piece of clothing....
 
And 'rag & bone shop of the heart' always comes to my mind, but not that that is
at all implied.................

From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com>
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: GR translation: rag-sorrowful

" Lank human figures, rag-sorrowful"  would refer to malnourished
(skinny, lank) rag-wearers.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> P147.21-24  ..., one morning on the Embankment, between strokes of a pavement artist's two pastels, salmon darkening to fawn, and a score of lank human figures, rag-sorrowful in the distances interlacing with ironwork and river smoke, ...
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> What is "rag-sorrowful" exactly?  More specifically, what is the meaning of "rag" here?
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