"ragamuffin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/ Audio: en-us-ragamuffin.ogg [US], en-au-ragamuffin.ogg [Australia] Forms: ragamuffins [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Ragamuffyn}} Middle English Ragamuffyn Head templates: {{en-noun}} ragamuffin (plural ragamuffins)
  1. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. Translations (dirty, shabbily-clothed child): у́личник (úličnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дри́пльо (drípljo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), schooiertje [neuter] (Dutch), resupekka (Finnish), Lumpenkind [neuter] (German), straccione [masculine] (Italian), у́личар (úličar) [masculine] (Macedonian), obdartus [masculine] (Polish), łachmaniarz [masculine] (Polish), farrapo [masculine] (Portuguese), оборва́нец (oborvánec) [masculine] (Russian), голодра́нец (golodránec) [masculine] (Russian), arrapiezo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ragamuffin-en-noun-2lDmIFKa Disambiguation of 'dirty, shabbily-clothed child': 100 0 0
  2. (slang) A hooligan or troublemaker. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ragamuffin-en-noun--kBdHkMm
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Ragamuffin (“breed of domestic cat”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Ragamuffin (extra: breed of domestic cat)
    Sense id: en-ragamuffin-en-noun-~XGKAWMW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: raggamuffin Derived forms: ragamuffinly Related terms: in rags

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ra.ɡaˈmaf.fin/
Rhymes: -affin Etymology: Borrowed from English ragamuffin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|en|ragamuffin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English ragamuffin, {{bor+|it|en|ragamuffin}} Borrowed from English ragamuffin Head templates: {{it-noun|m|-}} ragamuffin m (uncountable)
  1. (music) ragga Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: raga, ragga, raggamuffin
    Sense id: en-ragamuffin-it-noun-tSj1kr59 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms borrowed from English",
        "Italian terms derived from English",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian uncountable nouns",
        "Rhymes:Italian/affin",
        "Rhymes:Italian/affin/4 syllables",
        "it:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ragga"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "ragga",
          "ragga"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) ragga"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "raga"
        },
        {
          "word": "ragga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ra.ɡaˈmaf.fin/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-affin"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "raggamuffin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ragamuffin"
}

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