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Definition tatterdemalion in British English

tatterdemalion adjective

adjective
Example

The ten- and fifteen-story tower blocks are adorned in an improbable and tatterdemalion layer of colorful laundry.

Example

The enfeebled American army was as usual suffering for want of clothing, arms, and food, "ragged tatterdemalions," as the British officers contemptuously called them.

Definition tatterdemalion in British English