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rajamuffin

rajamuffin noun: synonym of Raggastani.

Noun

rajamuffin (plural rajamuffins)

  1. (slang, uncommon) Synonym of Raggastani.
    • What results is a polyvocal, rajamuffin sound that illustrates the ways in which the creolisation process, more familiarly studied in the context of the colonies of Britain, assumes new dynamics in the very belly of the beast of Empire.2004 February 15, Carolyn Cooper, “Mix Up the Indian with all the Patwa: Rajamuffin Sounds in ‘Cool’ Britannia”, in Language and Intercultural Communication, volume 4, numbers 1-2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages...
    • People’re always tryin to stick a label on our scene. That’s the problem with havin a fuckin scene. First we was rudeboys, then we be Indian niggas, then rajamuffins, then raggastanis, Britasians, fuckin Indobrits.2006, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5
    Synonyms:
    Raggastani

Synonyms of rajamuffin

Forms of rajamuffin

pluralrajamuffins

Origin of rajamuffin

Blend of raja + ragamuffin.

Questions about rajamuffin

What does rajamuffin mean?
Rajamuffin means synonym of Raggastani.
What part of speech is rajamuffin?
Rajamuffin is a noun.
What is the plural of rajamuffin?
The plural of rajamuffin is rajamuffins.

Words near rajamuffin in the dictionary

  1. rajahship
  2. rajahships
  3. Rajajipuram
  4. Rajala
  5. Rajalas
  6. rajamuffin
  7. rajamuffins
  8. Rajamundry
  9. Rajan
  10. Rajanagaram
  11. rajanate

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