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    [Noun]  | "tat*ter*de*ma*lion" | \ ˌta-tər-di-ˈmāl-yən \


    1: a person dressed in ragged clothing : ragamuffin


    Origin: 1608 ;

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    [Adjective]  | "tatterdemalion" 


    1: ragged or disreputable in appearance

    2: being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated


    Origin: 1614 ;

    [Adjective]  | "tatterdemalion" 


    1: showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect;


      * e.g., " ... one of those tatterdemalion towns of the rust belt where the factories closed down decades ago "



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    2: wearing torn or worn-out clothes;


      * e.g., " ... an ill-equipped, tatterdemalion army "



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     [ "tatterdemalion" ]

    1: A ragamuffin, or street urchin. One wearing ragged clothes.

     [ "Tatterdemalion" ]

    1: - Noun A chap or chappess whose clothes are tattered and torn. - Adjective Tattered or dilapidated in appearance.

      * e.g.,  ... Although hailing from a relatively affluent middle-class family that could, and would, constantly provide him new clothes to wear, Emerson was well-known within the progressive circles in which he moved for his tendency to dress like- and indeed in all other respects appear to be- a genuine beggar. Thus he earned for himself amongst his friends and their wider circles the affectionate sobriquet 'the bourgeois tatterdemalion' Michael's tatterdemalion appearance did little to endear him to the people he was (for reasons relating to dole payments) obliged to approach to ask for a job from 

     [ "tatterdemalion" ]

    1: 1 : ragged or disreputable in appearance. 2 : being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated.

      * e.g.,  ... He was a ragamuffin, a tatterdemalion, not to be taken seriously. 

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