scrapegut

George Primrose in the _Vicar of Wakefield_, and his father shook his head and doubted the boy was born "for nae better than a gangrel scrapegut" -- reproach of little gravity, as the expedition so poorly provisioned was of little harm.

Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862

All the heroes, then, have been poets, and Osbaldistone’s youth may have been suggested by Scott’s memories of his own, and of the father who “feared that he would never be better than a gangrel scrapegut.”

Rob Roy 2005

"feared that he would never be better than a gangrel scrapegut."

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

"feared that he would never be better than a gangrel scrapegut."

Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801