ragamuffin in English
noun
1
a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.
Why had she even gone with the dirty little ragamuffin ?
noun
- urchinwaifguttersnipestreet kid
- tatterdemalion
Use "ragamuffin" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "ragamuffin" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "ragamuffin", or refer to the context using the word "ragamuffin" in the English Dictionary.
1. A ragamuffin was walking up and down the rows of benches begging from anyone who was awake.
2. "The kids took one look at the male pup, a ragamuffin ball of string, and exclaimed, " Andy!
3. Unfazed, the Chaplinesque ragamuffin persisted, and he began to sing in the hurlyburly variety hills and cafesconcert in Paris and in the, provinces
4. (Martin Eden, by Jack London) The giant looked Contemptuously at the tailor, and said: “You ragamuffin! You miserable creature!” (Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)