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ragmuffin

ragmuffin is the rare form 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

Forms of ragmuffin

pluralragmuffins

Questions about ragmuffin

What is ragmuffin the rare form of?
Ragmuffin is the rare form of ragamuffin.

Words near ragmuffin in the dictionary

  1. ragman roll
  2. ragman rolls
  3. ragmans
  4. ragmatical
  5. ragmen
  6. ragmuffin
  7. ragmuffins
  8. Ragnarok
  9. ragnarök
  10. rago
  11. Ragon

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