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rapscallion

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rap·scal·lion  (rp-sklyn)
n.
A rascal; a scamp.
[Alteration of obsolete rascallion, from rascal.]
rapscallion [ræpˈskæljən]
n
a disreputable person; rascal or rogue
[from earlier rascallion; see rascal]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rapscallionrapscallion - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
knave, rascal, rogue, varlet, scalawag, scallywag
scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
2.rapscallionrapscallion - one who is playfully mischievous    
scamp, imp, monkey, rascal, scalawag, scallywag
child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
brat, holy terror, little terror, terror - a very troublesome child
Translations
rapscallion (archaic) [ræpˈskælɪən] N (also hum) → bribón m, golfo m
rapscallion
n (old, hum) → Halunke m, → Gauner m


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I judged she would be proud of me for helping these rapscallions, because rapscallions and dead beats is the kind the widow and good people takes the most interest in.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
Wasn't you expecting we would be the first to tell the family who it is that's been killed yonder in the sycamores, and all about them rapscallions that done it, and about the di'monds they've smouched off of the corpse, and paint it up fine, and have the glory of being the ones that knows a lot more about it than anybody else?
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
It would naturally have been impossible in that noisome cavern of a jail, with its mangy crowd of drunken, quarrelsome, and song-singing rapscallions.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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