ragamuffin
21ragamuffin — noun Etymology: Middle English Ragamuffyn, name for a ragged, oafish person Date: 1581 a ragged often disreputable person; especially a poorly clothed often dirty child …
22ragamuffin — /rag euh muf in/, n. 1. a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion. 2. a child in ragged, ill fitting, dirty clothes. [1350 1400; ME Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in the poem Piers Plowman] Syn. 2. waif, urchin, guttersnipe, street arab. * * * …
23Ragamuffin — noun a) A domestic cat breed. b) A cat of this breed …
24ragamuffin — Synonyms and related words: Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, mudlark, orphan, piker, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, scarecrow,… …
25ragamuffin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tatterdemalion (see deterioration). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. beggar, waif, urchin; see orphan , tramp 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. tramp, *bum, *street person, urchin, derelict, guttersnipe,… …
26ragamuffin — rag|a|muf|fin [ˈrægəˌmʌfın] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Ragamoffyn, evil spirit in the 14th century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland] literary a dirty young child wearing torn clothes …
27ragamuffin — rag|a|muf|fin [ rægə,mʌfın ] noun count MAINLY LITERARY a child who is poor and dressed in old torn clothes …
28ragamuffin — …
29ragamuffin — rag·a·muf·fin || rægə‚mÊŒfɪn n. child dressed in rags, child dressed in dirty old clothing …
30ragamuffin — (also raggamuffin) noun 1》 a person in ragged, dirty clothes. 2》 an exponent or follower of ragga, typically wearing scruffy clothes. ↘another term for ragga. Origin ME: prob. based on rag1, with a fanciful suffix …
