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
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
After some pirate shenanigans, and a switcheroo of cargo between two ships, the amusingly convoluted plot lands Peter, his two ragamuffin pals and the very plucky and initially condescending Molly into many a threatening jam.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2016
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
Vocabulary lists containing ragamuffin
"A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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