[f.
A person in tattered clothing; a ragged or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. (OED)
"Valere is a fabulous creation, and Rylance—in bohemian tatterdemalion and pheasant-plumed cap, and sporting a set of false choppers that give him a scary smile—inhabits him to the limits of wonderful."
- John Lahr, "Screaming Me-Mes: David Hirson and David Mamet on life in the theatre", 25 October 2010 The New Yorker
Still not entirely sure what he means here, since the definition's for an adjective, and he's using it as a noun. In the kind of clothing that a tatterdemalion would wear?
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