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rascallion|rɑːˈskælɪən, -æ-|
Also 8 -calion.
[? f. rascal with fanciful ending; cf. rampallion. A later (now more usual) form is rapscallion.]
A low mean wretch or rascal.
1649Pol. Ballads (ed. Wilkins, 1860) I. 82 To spend our dearest bloods to make rascallions flee. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 20 Apr. ii, I must desire you will wink hard at the practices of this rascallion. 1826Scott Woodst. v, I saw two rascallions engaged in emptying a solemn stoup of strong water. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 300 Now, master rascallion of a wrecker [etc.]. |