ragamuffins

noun

plural of ragamuffin
as in hoboes
somewhat old-fashioned a child who is dressed in rags and is usually dirty and poor a group of barefoot ragamuffins playing in the street

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  1. hoboes
  2. beggars
  3. tramps
  4. derelicts
  5. urchins
Noun
  • From feeding hobos on the back porch in the night in the Great Depression to marching against wars for oil in the Eighties and Nineties.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of hoboes
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  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of beggars
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  • One of the tramps jumping off a freight car was the juvenile player, Frankie Darrow.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tramps
Noun
  • Rational fears or no, the fact remains that the 24 acres of Bayfront Park belong right now to a few misfits and derelicts.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of derelicts
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  • Many kelp forests on the West Coast have been stripped bare by sea urchins.
    — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Fossil hunters will have fun here when the tide is out and sea sponges and urchins are visible.
    — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
Definition of urchins
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“Ragamuffins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragamuffins. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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