rapscallion
IPA: rˈæpskˈæɫjʌn
noun
- (archaic) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
adjective
- Disreputable, roguish.
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Examples of "rapscallion" in Sentences
- If that is a compliment, then a rapscallion is a hip-hop onion.
- I don't think I have to tell you what kind of rapscallion this two-bit thief is. "
- a country/bluegrass journey evoking the rambling, tragically short life of a "rapscallion"
- It was a bloody affair, but when all was said and done, the rapscallion lay dead at myfeet.
- Some online rapscallion hacked into my friend's email account and sent everyone in his address book the following message:
- 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.
- 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!
- 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?"
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