Ragamuffin
['rægəmʌfɪn] or ['rægə'mʌfɪn]
Definition
(n.) A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
(n.) A person who wears ragged clothing.
(n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Typed by Gwendolyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tatterdemalion, mean fellow, wretch, paltry fellow.
Checker: Zachariah
Examples
- Then, when I've got a start, I can take in a ragamuffin or two, just for a relish. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I'm afraid your crop won't be profitable in a worldly sense, Mrs. Bhaer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If we could only fall in wi' some of these starved ragamuffins of frame-breakers we could win a grand victory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How am I to know all your ragamuffins? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Damian