ragamuffin

Example Sentences

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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

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

They shoot nail guns and play in the fire simulation room, and their ragamuffin charms quickly win over the grown-ups.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2019

I didn’t want to be fetching him any more than he wanted his ragamuffin daughter summoning him home like a wayward schoolboy.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls