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Rapscallion

noun
1.
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.  Synonyms: knave, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet.
2.
One who is playfully mischievous.  Synonyms: imp, monkey, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp.






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"Rapscallion" Quotes from Famous Books



... considerate o' yuh, suh. I accept with pleasure, and when we round that rapscallion up, as we surely will before callin' the game off, yuh can have the satisfaction of knowing yuh hev helped the forces of law an' order, suh, to put an end tuh the career o' a most notorious rascal. I neglected tuh tell yuh before that this Bob Young ...
— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen

... much of your own strength, without being willing to know that you are altogether poor sinners, who ought to beseech our Lord God to govern their poor nomadic souls, in order that they might become a little better. It is precisely such nomadic notions as these that we have to thank for all kind of rapscallion pranks, for all uproars and broken windows. If you had only less of nomads, and more of sensible men in you, one should live in better peace ...
— The Home • Fredrika Bremer

... "it's just this, Miss Allis; if yer father thinks I'm goin' to stand by an' see good colts spiled in their timper just because a rapscallion b'y has got the evil intints av ould Nick himself, ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser



Words linked to "Rapscallion" :   villain, fry, small fry, child, brat, tike, holy terror, scallywag, terror, kid, youngster, scoundrel, minor, tiddler, shaver, rascal, little terror, tyke, nestling, nipper



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