tatterdemalion
tatterdemalion by paljoey October 3, 2003
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Tatterdemalion
- Noun
A chap or chappess whose clothes are tattered and torn.
- Adjective
Tattered or dilapidated in appearance.
A chap or chappess whose clothes are tattered and torn.
- Adjective
Tattered or dilapidated in appearance.
Although hailing from a relatively affluent middle-class family that could, and would, constantly provide him new clothes to wear, Emerson was well-known within the progressive circles in which he moved for his tendency to dress like- and indeed in all other respects appear to be- a genuine beggar. Thus he earned for himself amongst his friends and their wider circles the affectionate sobriquet 'the bourgeois tatterdemalion'
Michael's tatterdemalion appearance did little to endear him to the people he was (for reasons relating to dole payments) obliged to approach to ask for a job from
Michael's tatterdemalion appearance did little to endear him to the people he was (for reasons relating to dole payments) obliged to approach to ask for a job from
Tatterdemalion by Charlemagne1993 June 18, 2017
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fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)