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单词 ragamuffin
释义
ragamuffinrag‧a‧muf‧fin /ˈræɡəˌmʌfɪn/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINragamuffin
Origin:
1300-1400 Ragamoffyn, evil spirit in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A ragamuffin was walking up and down the rows of benches begging from anyone who was awake.
  • A few well-dressed Yanks are to be sprinkled among 600 soldiers and ragamuffins.
  • And the ragamuffin kids: unwashed kids, hungry kids, artful kids, verminous kids, nice kids and unholy terrors.
  • Fancy, gentlemen in velvet scrapping like ragamuffins!
  • It's only the ragamuffins chasing Caesar down the Fosse Way.
  • Last night his hourly wage, about £8 in loose change was nicked from under his nose by scavenging ragamuffins.
word sets
WORD SETS
baby, nounbaby boomer, nounbabyhood, nounbabyish, adjectiveboy, nounchildren's home, nouncustody, nounfamily, nounfirst generation, nounfoundling, noungame, nounguttersnipe, nounhyperactive, adjectivelegitimate, adjectivelegitimize, verbminor, nounminority, nounmite, nounmotherless, adjectivenurture, nounorphan, nounorphanage, nounpapoose, nounpreteen, adjectiveprogeny, nounpuppy fat, nounragamuffin, nounscamp, nounschool friend, nounsextuplet, nounspoiled, adjectivetinker, nountoddle, verbtoddler, nountoilet-training, nountot, nounupbringing, nounurchin, nounward, noun
literary a dirty young child wearing torn clothes
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