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ragamuffin

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Or even a rarely-seen word like "scabbard" or "ragamuffin"?

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Quick take

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

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noun

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Definitions

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Example sentences

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Or even a rarely-seen word like "scabbard" or "ragamuffin"?

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– Oscar Wilde, Maxims for the Use of the OvereducatedIt is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

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How do you use ragamuffin in a sentence?

Or even a rarely-seen word like "scabbard" or "ragamuffin"?

What does ragamuffin mean?

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

What part of speech is ragamuffin?

ragamuffin is commonly used as noun.