rag ‧ a ‧ muf ‧ fin /ˈræɡəˌmʌfən, ˈræɡəˌmʌfɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Ragamoffyn , evil spirit in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland ]
literary a dirty young child wearing torn clothes
rag ‧ a ‧ muf ‧ fin /ˈræɡəˌmʌfən, ˈræɡəˌmʌfɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Ragamoffyn , evil spirit in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman by William Langland ]
literary a dirty young child wearing torn clothes
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012