Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who ought to be hanged; a scoundrel. Also crack-rope, wag-halter, etc.
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There is a cluster of "tosspots" beginning with make -, some of which do or can refer to persons, but their backs are often broken by hyphens, and a first-class "tosspot" retains a hyphen only to clarify pronunciation (e.g. drop-piss, stretch-halter).
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