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Definitions
in deplorable condition
Word origin
First attested circa 1608. An early spelling was tatter-de-mallion, rhymed with Italian. The first part of the word is tatter; the origin of the second part is uncertain; Ebenezer Cobham Brewer suggested it might be from de maillot (“shirt”).
Used in a sentence
“For the same reason the kings of Europe could not resist the tatterdemalion soldiers of the Convention.”
“Thus, too, we have the woman social reformer, trailing along ridiculously behind a tatterdemalion posse of male utopians, each with something to sell.”
“Then it wasn’t worth while sending to Neufchâtel for the keeper of a cookshop! And for whom? For cowherds! tatterdemalions! [translating va-nu-pieds]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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