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tatterdemalion
adjective
noun
in deplorable condition
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tætədəˈmeɪliɒn
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adjective
in deplorable condition
“a street of bedraggled tenements”
adjective
worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
“a man in a tattered shirt”
noun
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
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Example Sentences
a street of bedraggled tenements
a broken-down fence
a ramshackle old pier
a tumble-down shack
a man in a tattered shirt
the tattered flag
tied up in tattered brown paper
a tattered barefoot boy
a tatterdemalion prince
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