ragamuffin

n.
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.]

(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

Usage
"There were ragamuffins filled with certainties on every streetcorner and philosophers in every coffeehouse." — Earl Shorris; A Nation of Salesmen; Harper's (New York); Oct 1994.

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noun

A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing: scarecrow, tatterdemalion. See better/worse, rich/poor.

n

Definition: person who is poor, tattered
Antonyms: sophisticate

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IN BRIEF: One who is poorly clothed and often dirty.

I am sure I looked like a ragamuffin after the long hike in the wind and dust.

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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

Italiano (Italian)
monello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - maltrapilho (m)

Русский (Russian)
оборванец

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

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぼろを着た汚い子供

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طفل قذر يرتدي ملابس ممزقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זאטוט לבוש-סחבות, חסיד מוסיקת ראג לבוש בבלואים‬

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