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rascalras‧cal /ˈrɑːskəl $ ˈræs-/ noun [countable] rascalOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French rascaille ‘noisy crowd’ - Although I loved him dearly, he was a bit of a rascal and liked the drink far too much.
- He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal.
- Like his father the rascal, the son has never stopped believing, and he, too, leans into life.
- Marian Haughton bought a watercolor of her grandchildren, rascals around a table.
- The rascal dropped his bold eyes and slunk away.
- Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.
ADJECTIVE► old· Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.· He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal. ► old devil/rascal etc- A true old devil, Manson vanishes in a puff of smoke.
- He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal.
- I really miss the old devil.
- Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.
- Not that he's the worst of them, poor old devil.
- There was one old devil with red eyes.
- Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.
1a child who behaves badly but whom you still like2old-fashioned a dishonest man SYN scoundrel |