they were dressed in rags and tatters
1tat·ters — /ˈtætɚz/ noun [plural] : clothes that are old and badly torn Her clothes were reduced to tatters. They were dressed in tatters. [=in rags] often used figuratively After the war, the economy was in tatters. [=was in a state of ruin] …
2clothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Wearing apparel Nouns 1. clothing, clothes, apparel, wear, dress, attire, array, raiment, garments, garb, costume, outfit, habiliment, habit, rig, ensemble, caparison, drapery, toilette, fig, wardrobe,… …
3Lee De Forest — Infobox person name = Lee De Forest caption = birth date = birth date|1873|8|26|mf=y birth place = Council Bluffs, Iowa death date = death date and age|1961|6|30|1873|8|26|mf=y death place = Hollywood, Los Angeles, California occupation =… …
4Giacomo Ceruti — A Woman with a Dog by Ceruti, 1740s, oil on canvas, 96.5 x 72.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti (October 13, 1698 – August 28, 1767) was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan …
