Synonyms for rapscallion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rap-skal-yuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ræpˈskæl yən

Définition of rapscallion

Origin : 1690s, alteration of rascallion (1640s), a fanciful elaboration of rascal (q.v.). It had a parallel in now-extinct rampallion (1590s), from Middle English ramp (n.2) "ill-behaved woman."

noun rascal

Example sentences :

"We'll soon put an end to your coronets," said a rapscallion in the mob.
Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis

That man come heah the firs day, an I knowed hes a rapscallion.
Extract from : « The Ranchman » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Depend upon it, sir, unless the rapscallion rebels should catch and hang me up to one of the tall aiks o' the Chaudière.
Extract from : « The Bastonnais » by John Lesperance

This thing (pointing to Drinkwater) is the greatest liar, thief, drunkard, and rapscallion on the west coast.
Extract from : « Captain Brassbound's Conversion » by George Bernard Shaw

What a rapscallion crew, male and female, followed this great mob of gold seekers, and grew richer as their victims grew poorer!
Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck

Call the rapscallion—no, I mean the diabolical villain—out and shoot him!
Extract from : « Her Mother's Secret » by Emma D. E. N. Southworth

Why she married sech a rapscallion as Mahlon, I'll never tell you, an' I don't believe she knows herself.
Extract from : « Gabriel Tolliver » by Joel Chandler Harris

I don't think he could have meant better than Rapscallion; he's awfully fond of that horse.
Extract from : « The Whole Family » by William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton

I 'm Captain of the Sea Gull, and there 's not a rapscallion on board who would risk his skull to help you.
Extract from : « Gordon Craig » by Randall Parrish

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