raggamuffins
Shabby, disheveled children
Raggamuffins is the plural of ragamuffin—a person, especially a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.
The word suggests scrappy urchins rather than true destitution: a gang of raggamuffins playing in the street.
It often carries affection rather than judgment.
The alternate spelling ragamuffins is more common.
Jamaican offbeat music style
- dancehallPaid venue for social movement
- raggaDigital reggae-hip-hop fusion
- dubAdd replacement audio
- soundsystemIntegrated audio playback equipment
toasting · deejay · riddim · drum and bass · MC · patois · Kingston · rude boy
Abandoned, neglected child
- street childHomeless young person
- orphanChild whose parents died
- strayWander from course
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
guttersnipe · gamin · gamines · castaway · homeless · abandoned · forsaken · destitute
reggae
Jamaican offbeat music style
soundsystem · toasting · deejay · riddim · drum and bass · MC · patois · Kingston · rude boy · sound clash
waif
Abandoned, neglected child
- street childHomeless young person
- orphanChild whose parents died
- strayWander from course
foundling · guttersnipe · gamin · gamines · castaway · homeless · abandoned · forsaken · destitute · helpless
scamp
Mischievous young person
rapscallion · prankster · troublemaker · roguish · impish · cheeky · naughty · playful · puckish · devilish
scrappy
Aggressively spirited despite odds
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- survivorOne still alive after
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
savvy · gritty · tough · resilient · adaptive · cunning · shrewd · street-smart · worldly · sharp
raggamuffinslittle ladies
Condescending term for girls
trust fund babies · trust fund kids · debutantes · blue bloods