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ragamuffin

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rag⋅a⋅muf⋅fin

[rag-uh-muhf-in]
–noun
1. a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
2. a child in ragged, ill-fitting, dirty clothes.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in the poem Piers Plowman


2. waif, urchin, guttersnipe, street arab.
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rag·a·muf·fin or rag·ga·muf·fin   (rāg'ə-mŭf'ĭn)   
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.]
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