Tatterdemalion Definition
tatterdemalion
adjective
- worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"
- in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack"
noun
- a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
Words that rhyme with tatterdemalion
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