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Webster 1913 Edition

Tatterdemalion

Tatˊter-de-mal′ion

,
Noun.
[
Tatter
+ OF.
desmaillier
to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF.
maillon
long clothes, swadding clothes, F.
maillot.
See
Tatter
, and
Mail
armor.]
A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tatterdemalion

TATTERDEMA'LION

,
Noun.
A ragged fellow.

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