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Definition of Rapscallion
1. Noun. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
Generic synonyms: Scoundrel, Villain
Derivative terms: Rascally
2. Noun. One who is playfully mischievous.
Generic synonyms: Child, Fry, Kid, Minor, Nestling, Nipper, Shaver, Small Fry, Tiddler, Tike, Tyke, Youngster
Specialized synonyms: Brat, Holy Terror, Little Terror, Terror
Derivative terms: Monkey, Rascally
Definition of Rapscallion
1. n. A rascal; a good- for-nothing fellow.
Definition of Rapscallion
1. Noun. A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel. ¹
2. Noun. (attributive) Roguish, disreputable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rapscallion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rapscallion
Literary usage of Rapscallion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"But the poor rapscallion had a heart larger than many honest painstaking men.
1885. Daily Newt, «9 Sept. To give no goods to those rapscallion servants. i. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"scapegrace, rapscallion or ... greed. rapier: sword. fff' See Notes of Explanation.
rapine: plunder. rapport: correspondence. rapscallion: rascal. rapt: ..."
3. Irish Memories by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1918)
"His wondrous gentleness and long suffering with a rapscallion choir shall not be
forgotten by a no less rapscallion organist. ..."
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