ragamuffin
n. UK //ɹˈæɡɐmˌʌfɪn// raga·muf·fin
From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.