Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clown; a rogue; a worthless, idle fellow.
- noun An overbearing, quarrelsome, and vulgar woman.
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- noun A
rascal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“The MacGregor,” his son stated, “had been called out upon a trysting with a Lowland hallion, who came with a token from” — he muttered the name very low, but I thought it sounded like my own.
Rob Roy 2005
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` ` Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before, 'returned mine host; ` ` they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha narra shirt to back; but this is a decentish hallion ---
Rob Roy 1887
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"Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before," returned mine host; "they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha 'narra shirt to back; but this is a decentish hallion -- a canny North Briton as e'er cross'd Berwick Bridge -- I trow he's a dealer in cattle."
Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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"The MacGregor," his son stated, "had been called out upon a trysting with a Lowland hallion, who came with a token from" -- he muttered the name very low, but I thought it sounded like my own.
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"The MacGregor," his son stated, "had been called out upon a trysting with a Lowland hallion, who came with a token from" -- he muttered the name very low, but I thought it sounded like my own.
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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"Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before," returned mine host; "they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha 'narra shirt to back; but this is a decentish hallion -- a canny North Briton as e'er cross'd Berwick Bridge -- I trow he's a dealer in cattle."
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before,” returned mine host; “they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha’ narra shirt to back; but this is a decentish hallion — a canny North Briton as e’er cross’d Berwick Bridge — I trow he’s a dealer in cattle.”
Rob Roy 2005
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a trysting with a Lowland hallion, who came with a token from '' --- he muttered the name very low, but I thought it sounded like my own.
Rob Roy 1887
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