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ragamuffins

ragamuffins is the plural of ragamuffin.

Meaning of ragamuffin

Noun

ragamuffin (plural ragamuffins)

  1. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
    • I haue led my rag of Muffins where they are pepper'd: there's not three of my 150 left aliue; and they for the Townes end, to beg during life.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (slang) A hooligan or troublemaker.

See all 3 meanings of ragamuffin

Noun capitalized: Ragamuffins

Ragamuffins

  1. (plural) plural of Ragamuffin

Questions about ragamuffins

What is ragamuffins the plural of?
Ragamuffins is the plural of ragamuffin.
What part of speech is ragamuffins?
Ragamuffins is a noun.

Words near ragamuffins in the dictionary

  1. ragam
  2. ragams
  3. ragamuffin
  4. ragamuffinism
  5. ragamuffinly
  6. ragamuffins
  7. Ragan
  8. Ragan Almacen
  9. Ragan Norte
  10. Ragan Sur
  11. Ragans

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