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Synonyms for ragamuffin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rag-uh-muhf-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræg əˌmʌf ɪn

Top 10 synonyms for ragamuffin
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Définition of ragamuffin

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "demon," also in surnames (Isabella Ragamuffyn, 1344), from Middle English raggi "ragged" ("rag-y"?) + fanciful ending (or else second element is Middle Dutch muffe "mitten"). Or, as Johnson has it, "From rag and I know not what else." Ragged was used of the devil from c.1300 in reference to "shaggy" appearance. Raggeman was used by Langland as the name of a demon, and cf. Old French Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in a mystery play. Sense of "dirty, disreputable boy" is from 1580s. Cf. in the same sense ragabash (c.1600).
  • noun person who is poor, tattered
Example sentences :
  • "I'll give you the bulliest shine you ever had," said the ragamuffin.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I feel enough like a sneakin' ragamuffin and housebreaker as 'tis.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Then he is known as the "ragamuffin," on account of his covering of rags.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Pool » by George Sand
  • For this exploit the ragamuffin is lauding him to the skies.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Playing marbles with some of your ragamuffin friends, I suppose.
  • Extract from : « Fame and Fortune » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • An artist would still have said, "How handsome that ragamuffin must have been!"
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Do you mean to say that a ragamuffin like you had fifty dollars?
  • Extract from : « Ben, the Luggage Boy; » by Horatio Alger
  • It's a likely story that a ragamuffin like you would be trusted with so much money.
  • Extract from : « Ben, the Luggage Boy; » by Horatio Alger
  • Of course, there are some good among them, as with other ‘ragamuffin’ ramblers.
  • Extract from : « Gipsy Life » by George Smith
  • The giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said: 'You ragamuffin!
  • Extract from : « Grimms' Fairy Tales » by The Brothers Grimm

Antonyms for ragamuffin

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