tatterdemalion

tat·ter·de·mal·ion  (ttr-d-mlyn, -ml-n)

n.

A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a ragamuffin.

adj.

Ragged; tattered.

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[Probably tattered + -demalion, of unknown meaning.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tatterdemalion - a dirty shabbily clothed urchin ragamuffin urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
Adj.	1.	tatterdemalion - worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" tattered worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	tatterdemalion - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, bedraggled, derelict damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"