Answer:

ragtag

AnswerCrossword Clue
RAGTAGLike Washington's troops
RAGTAGMotley
RAGTAGNot exactly natty
RAGTAGUnkempt
RAGTAGNot immaculate, maybe
RAGTAGShabby
RAGTAGLike a hastily assembled search party, usually
RAGTAGDisheveled
RAGTAGLike a hodgepodge
RAGTAGHardly polished
RAGTAGDiverse
RAGTAGMotley, as a crew
RAGTAGRabble.
RAGTAGRiffraff.
RAGTAGThe rabble.
RAGTAGRelative of hoi polloi.
RAGTAG... and bobtail.
RAGTAGPartner of bobtail.
RAGTAGMotley crowd.
RAGTAGBobtail's partner.
RAGTAGBobtail's partner
RAGTAGPart of the rabble
RAGTAGSeedy crowd
RAGTAGMotley crowd
RAGTAGThe lowest classes
RAGTAGRabble
RAGTAGRiffraff
RAGTAGNot uniform
RAGTAGMotley, as an army
RAGTAGNot homogeneous
RAGTAGDisorderly
RAGTAGUnkempt or disorderly
RAGTAGLike some militias