About The Word Tatterdemalion
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Tatterdemalion
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What's The Definition Of Tatterdemalion?
[n] a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
[adj] in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [adj] worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tatterdemalion: bedraggled | broken-down | damaged | dilapidated | ragamuffin | ramshackle | tattered | tumble-down | unsound | worn Related Terms | Find terms related to Tatterdemalion: See Also | urchin Tatterdemalion In Webster's Dictionary \Tat`ter*de*mal"ion\, n. [Tatter + OF.
desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon
long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See {Tatter}, and
{Mail} armor.]
A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. --L'Estrange.
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