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tatterdemalions

tatterdemalions is the plural of tatterdemalion.

Meaning of tatterdemalion

Noun

tatterdemalion (plural tatterdemalions)

  1. A person with tattered clothing.
    • […] we haue ordeined that through euery ward […] there be erected one sound, sufficient, and well painted whipping poste, the very sight of which wil not only scarre them, worse then the scowting face of a Serieant being seen peeping through a red lettice, frights a yong gallant, but also in time...1606, Thomas Dekker, The Seven Deadly Sinnes of London, London: Nathaniel Butter
    Synonyms:
    ragamuffin

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Questions about tatterdemalions

What is tatterdemalions the plural of?
Tatterdemalions is the plural of tatterdemalion.

Words near tatterdemalions in the dictionary

  1. Tattenham Corner
  2. tatter
  3. tatterara
  4. tatterdemalion
  5. tatterdemalionism
  6. tatterdemalions
  7. tattered
  8. tatteredly
  9. tatteredness
  10. tatterer
  11. tatterers

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