| source : web1913 | Tatterdemalion \Tat`ter*de*mal"ion\, n. [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. | source : wn | tatterdemalion n : a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: {ragamuffin}]