Ragamuffyn

Usually used in an insulting manner towards street children. The word came to mean a person who is shabbily clothed and dirty, often applied to orphans. It was used in this way to describe Kingston ghetto youth, and the youth themselves took on the term to describe their new form of music: Raggamuffin.

Darn Ragamuffyns, ruining the image of our city.

Ragamuffyn by Sarah B January 7, 2006

raggamuffin

Raggamuffin (or ragga) is a kind of reggae rap that includes digitized backing instrumentation. It is a form of dancehall, and has been popular since the middle of the 1980s; "(Under Me) Sleng Teng" (Wayne Smith; 1985) is usually recognized as the first ragga song. The instrumentation is usually behind dub singing, which is similar to rapping in its focus on rhythmic, assonating and rhyming words.

Ragga is the short form of raggamuffin, a term which held its present musical connotations since the late 1980s or beginning of 1990s. The term raggamuffin is derived from the Middle English personal name "Ragamuffyn", which was usually employed in an insulting manner towards street children. The word later came to mean a person who is shabbily clothed and dirty, often applied to orphans. It was used in this way to describe Kingston ghetto youth, and the youth themselves took on the term to describe their new music.

The name was used early on in album titles by Asher D & Daddy Freddy - "Raggamuffin Hip-Hop" as well as the Daddy Freddy songs "Ragga House" with Simon Harris or "Ragga Rock" with Led Zeppelin.

raggamuffin by Sarah B January 7, 2006

ragamuffin 

A grimy dirty little urchin or waif with ratted greasy hair. Usually female.

Lisa and Jenny look like a couple of ragamuffins today.

ragamuffin by RT July 4, 2003

Raggamuffin Reggae 

Raggamuffin reggae is reggae with a hip hop influence. It is more focused on rhythmic sounds and rhyming.

Buju Banton, Tony Rebel, Bounty Killer & Damian Marley (Jr. Gong) are some of my favorite Raggamuffin Reggae artists.

Raggamuffin Reggae by Red Dog September 23, 2005

The Ragamuffin Gospel 

A book by Brennan Manning that speaks about God's amazing grace and His relentless love for us all.

The Ragamuffin Gospel was written for the bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out.

It is for the sorely burdened who are still shifting the heavy suitcase from one hand to the other.

It is for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it altogether and are too proud to accept the handout of God's amazing grace.

It is for inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.

It is for poor, weak, sinful men and women with hereditary faults and limited talents.

It is for earthen vessels who shuffle along on feet of clay.

It is for the bent and the bruised who feel that their lives are a grave disappointment to God.

It is for smart people who know they are stupid and honest disciples who admit they are scalawags.

The Ragamuffin Gospel is a book for anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way.

JESUS LOVES YOU

The Ragamuffin Gospel by theragamuffin October 6, 2012

raggamuffin

A homeless or poverty-stricken child. Usually refers to those kids you see in movies set in the 1800's, with those gloves that are cut off at the finger-tips and that wear those beret-like caps. Usually brown-haired and big-eyed.

"Pwease, sir! Spare a doime for my medicine moneys! *COUGH! HACK! SPLUTTER!*"

raggamuffin by B-Drac December 13, 2003

ragamuffin girl 

The perfect girl that was not recognized the ordinary men. She is nice, pretty, they don’t fight, don’t argue. In other words there the nice innocent perfect girl that every guy would want. Only thing is that she was not recognized by the public because of whatever reason.

A very good example would be the song "Ragamuffin Girl" by the Apache Indian. :) If it’s wrong feel free to change it.

ragamuffin girl by Scott Kim August 24, 2006