Definition of 'tatterdemalion'

Noun

1. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
      Synonyms: ragamuffin

Adjective

1. 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: tattered
2. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
      Synonyms: bedraggled broken-down derelict dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down

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