tatterdemalion
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of tatterdemalion
1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; tatter 1; -de-mallian < ?
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times
Arriving two weeks before the release of “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s tatterdemalion drifter romance, the director’s “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” surveys a more refined coupling, not of people, but of pumps.
From New York Times
They perched on fence posts, on the roofs of vans, in tatterdemalion back yards.
From Washington Post
He, like Putin, is losing leverage and his tatterdemalion posturing looks daily more threadbare.
From Forbes
Who, indeed, could not be spellbound, beholding that countless changing tatterdemalion caravan go by?
From Project Gutenberg
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