A shabbily clothed, dirty child.
[Middle English Ragamuffyn, a personal name : probably raggi, ragged (from ragge, rag; see rag1) + Middle Dutch moffel, muffe, mitten; see muff2.]
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(RAG-uh-muf-in)
noun
Someone, especially a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.
Etymology
After Ragamoffyn, a demon in William Langland's 14th century poem Piers Plowman
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noun
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Definition: person who is poor, tattered
Antonyms: sophisticate
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| Translations: Ragamuffin |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - pjaltet person, lazaron
Nederlands (Dutch)
straatjongen
Français (French)
n. - va-nu-pieds, (Mus) ragamuffin
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gassenkind
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μόρτης, γυφτάκι
Português (Portuguese)
n. - maltrapilho (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - galopín, pilluelo, golfo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rännstensunge
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
衣裳褴褛的人, 无赖
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 衣裳襤褸的人, 無賴
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 누더기를 걸친 추레한 사람, 부랑아
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طفل قذر يرتدي ملابس ممزقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - זאטוט לבוש-סחבות, חסיד מוסיקת ראג לבוש בבלואים
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