Rhyming words

Roach-coach = a mobile snack truck. As a college student, I used to eat junk food from a roach-coach.

Rock-jock = a mountain or rock climber. At least 150 rock-jocks had gathered at the mountain peak.

Rag-bag = woman dressed sloppily. I can’t take you to the party. You resemble a rag-bag in this old dress.

Rag-tag = untidy or disorganized. The rag-tag group of fishermen cannot influence the government.

Riff-raff = Disreputable/undesirable people/worthless people. Only the rich were let in; the burly guards barred the entry of the riff-raffs.

Roly-poly = Round and plump. He was roly-poly during childhood. Now he is a bag of bones.

The long and short of it

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