rapscallion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rapscallion
1690–1700; earlier rascallion, based on rascal
Example Sentences
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Cumming plays the top-hatted mayor, Chenowith is a sour Bible-thumper, Trevit is a rapscallion carnival worker and Martin Short has a cameo as a leprechaun.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021
What, then, to make of Moondog, the rapscallion played by Matthew McConaughey, in “The Beach Bum”? You’ve got to love Moondog—or, rather, you haven’t got to, but somehow he sucks the love toward him.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2019
It also connects better to the real mystery at the heart of Mr. Allen’s play, which is economically directed by John Vreeke: What the heck did Laura Welch see in the rapscallion she married?
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2018
When asked, “Who taught you that language,” the rapscallion replied “My mother.”
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2017
“Do you know what a rapscallion is?” she asked, waving at the waitress to bring her another drink.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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