# ragamuffin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/ · frequency rank #96,390

## Definitions
1. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
2. A hooligan or troublemaker.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Ragamuffin (“breed of domestic cat”).

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ragamuffin