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adj
Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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name
A surname.
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noun
A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
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noun
A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
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Qualifier: often diminutively
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noun
A member of a criminal gang.
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Usage: Papua-New-Guinea
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noun
one who is playfully mischievous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: imp, scamp, monkey, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
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Broader terms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Narrower terms: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror
noun
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rogue, knave, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet
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Broader terms: villain, scoundrel
History
Recorded since c.1330, as Middle English rascaile (“people of the lowest class, rabble of an army”), derived from 12th century Old French rascaille (“outcast, rabble”) (modern French racaille), perhaps from rasque (“mud, filth, scab, dregs”), from Vulgar Latin *rasicō (“to scrape”). The singular form is first attested in 1461; the present extended sense of "low, dishonest person" is from early 1586.
Across languages
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