Definitions for ragamuffinˈræg əˌmʌf ɪn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rag•a•muf•finˈræg əˌmʌf ɪn(n.)
a child in ragged, ill-fitting, dirty clothes.
a ragged, disreputable person.
Origin of ragamuffin:
1350–1400; ME Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in the poem Piers Plowman
Princeton's WordNet
ragamuffin, tatterdemalion(noun)
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
Wiktionary
ragamuffin(Noun)
A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
ragamuffin(Noun)
(According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable): A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a 'regular muff'; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.
ragamuffin(Noun)
A breed of domestic cat which is an off shoot from the Ragdoll.
Ragamuffin(Noun)
A domestic cat breed.
Ragamuffin(Noun)
A cat of this breed.
Origin: From the Middle English Ragamuffyn.
Webster Dictionary
Ragamuffin(noun)
a paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch
Ragamuffin(noun)
a person who wears ragged clothing
Ragamuffin(noun)
the long-tailed titmouse
Translations for ragamuffin
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ragamuffin(noun)
a ragged, dirty person, especially a child.
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- дриплъоBulgarian
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- پھٹے پرانے کپڑوں والا آدمیUrdu
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