Synonyms for tatterdemalion
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tat-er-di-meyl-yuh n, -mal- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌtæt ər dɪˈmeɪl yən, -ˈmæl- |
Top 10 synonyms for tatterdemalion Other synonyms for the word tatterdemalion
Définition of tatterdemalion
Origin :- "ragged child, person dressed in old clothes," c.1600, probably from tatter, with fantastic second element, but perhaps also suggested by Tartar, with a contemporary sense of "vagabond, gypsy."
- adj tattered
- Look at that tatterdemalion, and think how came he by such notions.'
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- There, at the corner near the learned Club-house, halts the tatterdemalion.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The tatterdemalion is quicker still; fled like a guilty thought.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Towards the tatterdemalion the policeman now advances quickly.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- With a stern glance Stonor kept the tatterdemalion crowd at bay.
- Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner
- Then let them starve, said I, for I have no sympathy with tatterdemalion pride.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion.
- Extract from : « Fantastic Fables » by Ambrose Bierce
- It was as though some tatterdemalion had thrust himself into a gathering of dandies.
- Extract from : « The Red Year » by Louis Tracy
- This tatterdemalion crew of mine is all there is left of my cohorts.
- Extract from : « The Precipice » by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
- He scowled on the gaudy and tatterdemalion color of the native city.
- Extract from : « The Lighted Match » by Charles Neville Buck
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