ragamuffin
A dirty, shabbily-clothed childA dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
» You look like a ragamuffin.
Ты похож на оборванца.
Выглядишь как оборванец.
Meaning
2 sensesA dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
Lumpenkind
оборва́нецoborvánec, голодра́нецgolodránec
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
(slang)A hooligan or troublemaker.
Examples
2 sentencesYou look like a ragamuffin.
ruТы похож на оборванца. — marafon
When we think of nineteenth-century chimney sweeps, we think of ragamuffins with soot on their cheeks.
ruКогда мы думаем о трубочистах девятнадцатого века, мы представляем себе оборванцев с сажей на щеках. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's DictionaryFrom the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.
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Forms
plural: ragamuffinsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a dirty shabbily clothed urchin:tatterdemalion