ragamuffin

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/

The English word “ragamuffin” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
A hooligan or troublemaker.

Etymology

From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.

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