Sentence example with the word 'tatterdemalion'

tatterdemalion

Definition adj. worn to shreds

Last update: August 29, 2015

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But we have to picture him as anon coming out and gathering about him a tatterdemalion company, and jesting with them until they were in fits of laughter, for the sake of observing their burlesque physiognomies; anon as eagerly frequenting the society of men of science and learning of an older generation like the mathematician Benedetto Aritmetico, the physician, geographer and astronomer Paolo Toscanelli, the famous Greek Aristotelian Giovanni Argiropoulo; or as out-rivalling all the youth of the city now by charm of recitation, now by skill in music and now by feats of strength and horsemanship; or as stopping to buy caged birds in the market that he might set them free and watch them rejoicing in their flight; or again as standing radiant in his rose-coloured cloak and his rich gold hair among the throng of young and old on the piazza, and holding them spellbound while he expatiated on the great projects in art and mechanics that were teeming in his mind.   [Please select]

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The only one who appeared in his week-day grime and tatterdemalion outfit was little Paul Kegworthy.   [Please select]

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It makes me sigh now to think of the cheer which burst from that tatterdemalion crew.   [Please select]

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"My dear, what do you think a tatterdemalion gipsy is going to do to me."   [Please select]

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Carelessly Ralph Dacre sauntered forth again into the moonlight and confronted the tatterdemalion figure of his visitor.   [Please select]

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Fish-hawkers were crying their wares, and there was a tatterdemalion piper making the night hideous at a corner.   [Please select]

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Florry Talbot, a blond feeble goosefat whore in a tatterdemalion gown of mildewed strawberry, lolls spreadeagle in the sofacorner, her limp forearm pendent over the bolster, listening.   [Please select]

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