ragamuffin

"The 'ragamuffin' always speaks of his enemies with courtesy, and the filibusters love their leader," was her pointed rejoinder.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker
The giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said: 'You ragamuffin!
Grimms' Fairy Tales|The Brothers Grimm
It is true that his father did give him a good lesson when he called the little son of the charcoal-man a ragamuffin.
Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis
The ragamuffin sat perched upon the broad shoulder and peered down at the lady with eyes of cerulean blue.
Southern Hearts|Florence Hull Winterburn

"You'll not be thinking of heeding that ragamuffin boy," he ventured.
Huntingtower|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for ragamuffin

ragamuffin

/ (ˈræɡəˌmʌfɪn) /

noun

a ragged unkempt person, esp a child

another name for ragga

Word Origin for ragamuffin

C14 Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in the poem Piers Plowman (1393); probably based on rag 1

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