Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rascal; a scamp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rascally, disorderly, or despicable person; a wretch or vagabond; a rascallion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rascal ,scamp ,rogue , orscoundrel . - noun attributive
Roguish ,disreputable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If that is a compliment, then a rapscallion is a hip-hop onion.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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Shadow - it was funny how many words some of my housemates had never heard of, such as rapscallion, smite and score as in four-score and ten - which I idiotically missed off the list!
Combover and Bilge Fathorse 2007
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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.
The Home Fredrika Bremer 1833
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a country/bluegrass journey evoking the rambling, tragically short life of a "rapscallion"
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I don't think I have to tell you what kind of rapscallion this two-bit thief is. "
Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996
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Some online rapscallion hacked into my friend's email account and sent everyone in his address book the following message:
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
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The role is a change for Mr. Butz, who's become a pro at con men—among them the gleeful rapscallion Freddy in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"; an artist who fakes his own death in order to push up prices for his work in "Is He Dead?"
This Time He's Not the Con Man Joanne Kaufman 2011
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It was a bloody affair, but when all was said and done, the rapscallion lay dead at myfeet.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Carry Concealed Guns Debate: Pretty Similar in 1872 and in 2010 2010
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Some online rapscallion hacked into my friend's email account and sent everyone in his address book the following message:
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
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Some online rapscallion hacked into my friend's email account and sent everyone in his address book the following message:
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
lilacs524 commented on the word rapscallion
If I remember correctly, rapscallion was in Huck Finn?
February 23, 2007
uselessness commented on the word rapscallion
Rapp Scallion was a character in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. He ran the Steamin' Weenie Hut on Scabb Island before he tragically cremated himself in a kitchen accident. He carried one quarter of the map to the fabled treasure of Big Whoop, even to his grave.
Not sure about Huck Finn, I'm not that cultured. ;-)
February 23, 2007
garyth123 commented on the word rapscallion
a type of onion which has been influenced by hip-hop and African-American culture generally
December 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word rapscallion
Tee-hee.
December 5, 2008