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tatterdemalion

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tat·ter·de·mal·ion  (ttr-d-mlyn, -ml-n)
n.
A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a ragamuffin.
adj.
Ragged; tattered.

[Probably tattered + -demalion, of unknown meaning.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tatterdemaliontatterdemalion - a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
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"
worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
2.tatterdemaliontatterdemalion - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

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"One that cannot be lightly denied," said the Tatterdemalion.
Here, according to his own account, his cavalcade might have been taken for a procession of tatterdemalion savages; for the men were ragged almost to nakedness, and had contracted a wildness of aspect during three years of wandering in the wilderness.
So in truth it was a tatterdemalion crew that limped and straggled and wandered back into Barnesdale that day.
 
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