ragamuffin

rag·a·muf·fin or rag·ga·muf·fin (r

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A shabbily clothed, dirty child.

[Middle English Ragamuffyn, a personal name : probably raggi, ragged (from ragge, rag; see rag¹) + Middle Dutch moffel, muffe, mitten; see muff².]

ragamuffin [ˈrægəˌmʌfɪn]

1. a ragged unkempt person, esp a child

2. (Music / Pop Music) another name for ragga

[C14 Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in the poem Piers Plowman (1393); probably based on rag¹]

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Noun

ragamuffin - a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

tatterdemalion

urchin - poor and often mischievous city child

ragamuffin

noun urchin, gamin, guttersnipe, scarecrow (informal), tatterdemalion (rare), street Arab (offensive) two ragamuffins with a torch

Translations

ragamuffin [ˈrægəˌmʌfɪn] N → granuja mf

ragamuffin

n → Vogelscheuche f (inf); (boy) → Bengel m; (girl) → Göre f; you little ragamuffin → du kleiner Fratz

ragamuffin [ˈrægəˌmʌfɪn] n (old) → monello/a

ragamuffin

n ragamuffin [ˈrӕgəmafin]

a ragged, dirty person, especially a child. straatkind شَخْص قَذِر ورثُّ الثِّياب дриплъо špindíra bums; gadebarn die Vogelscheuche αλήτης galopín kaltsukubu ژولیده؛ آدم کثیف و بی سر و پا ryysyläinen va-nu-pieds יֶלֶד לָבוּש בְּלוּיִים फटीचर, गुदड़िया poderanac, zamusanac utcagyerek anak yang tak terpelihara ræfill; tötralegt barn monello 浮浪児 누더기를 걸친 사람 driskius, skarmalius skrandainis budak selekeh schooier fillefrans obdartus maltrapilho (copil) zdrenţăros оборванец ufúľanec pobalin, razcapanec odrpanko rännstensunge, trashank เด็กที่ใส่เสื้อผ้าขาดวิ่นและสกปรก kir pas içinde çocuk 衣衫襤褸且骯髒的人(尤指小孩) шарпак, голодранець پھٹے پرانے کپڑوں والا آدمی người ăn mặc rách rưới 衣衫褴褛的而又肮脏的人（尤指小孩）

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"They called her a little `blue' ragamuffin, father," said Harry, who ran in looking very angry; "but I have given it to them; they won't insult my sister again.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

Then, when I've got a start, I can take in a ragamuffin or two, just for a relish.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

I can see the chandeliers, and the green silk of the piano, and Mamma sitting in her cashmere shawl by the window, singing till the little ragamuffin boys outside stopped to listen.

Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context

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