ragamuffin

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How this riff-drunk ragamuffin, who turns 82 on Dec. 18, not only survived but stayed relevant is a mystery, a puzzle wrapped inside a guitar string.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

To some, he was a rollicking drifter in ragamuffin punk tatters.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

Now, decades later, Miller Berg has the reins to showcase a similar aesthetic across a broader range of sports, seeking out what she calls “rough-around-the-edges, ragamuffin, cool women.”

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

A ragamuffin looking for a meal, Eurydice receives instead a feast of affection that includes a proposition of marriage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Babci sat at her kitchen table, wearing one of my grandfather’s old dress shirts, her hair half up and half down, the picture of a ragamuffin.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman