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Tatterdemalion Common

Tatterdemalion has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

2

A person with tattered clothing.

Adjective
1

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"

2

in deplorable condition

"a street of bedraggled tenements"

"a broken-down fence"

"a ramshackle old pier"

"a tumble-down shack"

3

Tattered.

Example Sentences
"a man in a tattered shirt" adjective
"the tattered flag" adjective
"tied up in tattered brown paper" adjective
"a tattered barefoot boy" adjective
"a tatterdemalion prince" adjective
"a street of bedraggled tenements" adjective
"a broken-down fence" adjective
"a ramshackle old pier" adjective
"a tumble-down shack" adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
urchin
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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