tatterdemalion

noun

1. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

   Synonym:    ragamuffin

adj

1. in deplorable condition
   1. a street of bedraggled tenements
   2. a broken-down fence
   3. a ramshackle old pier
   4. a tumble-down shack

   Synonym:    bedraggledbroken-downderelictdilapidatedramshackletumble-down

2. worn to shreds
   1. a man in a tattered shirt
   2. the tattered flag
   3. tied up in tattered brown paper
   4. a tattered barefoot boy
   5. a tatterdemalion prince

   Synonym:    tattered