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Ragamuffin

In the 1980s, however, particularly in West London and Brixton, the word took on a new meaning, that of a dangerous, disaffected, black teenage or young adult male. Ragamuffins or 'Raggas' prided themselves on violently attacking white males, often with knives, frequently on the grounds of fictitious claims of racism. Ragamuffins typically dressed in hooded tops, jeans and Nike or Adidas trainers, and listened to electro and early hip hop music.

Raggamuffin (with two Gs) is also a Jamaican term and has been used in Jamaica both to describe individuals and a style of music. More recently the term has entered the mainstream, meaning a particular style of dancehall music which has its roots in Jamaica (see Ms. Dynamite, Shaggy).
The ragamuffin said "I chased dat chalky down de street and ragged him"
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a bratty child ...especially girl... very not-fitting into today's superficial materialistic and whatever society.
didn't go to school... don't work... no make-up, no bling bling.
so my boyfriend calls me a cute lil' ragamuffin.
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Sheila leave Val alone you little raggamuffin!
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The crack head version of ragamuffin. Also known as a ragamuffin who does crack.
That girl is dressed like a crackamuffin.
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A cloth, towel or large group of tissues, used for the soakage of semen as a result of chronic masterbation
Dude johnny's room is stinking with that ragamuffin on the ground
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Someone whos bun looks ugly af. All the haters hate them
Why does that ragamuffin look like that on picture day, she is supposed to look pretty today
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