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tatterdemalion

[ tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn, -mal- ]

noun

  1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.


adjective

  1. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

tatterdemalion

/ 藢t忙t蓹d瑟藞me瑟lj蓹n; -藞m忙l- /

noun

  1. rare.
    1. a person dressed in ragged clothes
    2. ( as modifier )

      a tatterdemalion dress

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tatterdemalion1

1600鈥10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; tatter 1; -de-mallian < ?
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tatterdemalion1

C17: from tatter + -demalion, of uncertain origin
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Off it flaps on tatterdemalion wings to wreak much CG-enabled property damage on downtown Philadelphia, where the picture is set.

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Arriving two weeks before the release of 鈥淏ones and All,鈥 Luca Guadagnino鈥檚 tatterdemalion drifter romance, the director鈥檚 鈥淪alvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams鈥 surveys a more refined coupling, not of people, but of pumps.

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They perched on fence posts, on the roofs of vans, in tatterdemalion back yards.

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He, like Putin, is losing leverage and his tatterdemalion posturing looks daily more threadbare.

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Who, indeed, could not be spellbound, beholding that countless changing tatterdemalion caravan go by?

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