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tatterdemalion

[tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn, -mal-] / ˌtæt ər dɪˈmeɪl yən, -ˈmæl- /
ADJECTIVE
tattered
Synonyms
STRONG
shoddy
WEAK
badly dressed badly worn battered broken dilapidated frayed frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten poorly made ragged raggedy ripped rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy threadbare torn torn to pieces unkempt

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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 • Mar. 16, 2023

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 • Nov. 3, 2022

They perched on fence posts, on the roofs of vans, in tatterdemalion back yards.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2018

What is not Pygmalion about the play is tatterdemalion.

From Time Magazine Archive

What are you talking about, you infatuated tatterdemalion?

From Hidden Hand by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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