rapscallion

Statistically speaking, the larger the social gathering — especially ones that mash together groups of unfamiliar people — the more likely it is that some rapscallion will ruin the fun for everyone.

“He is a very fun rapscallion who likes to have a good time,” said Nia Vardalos, the writer and star of the “Greek Wedding” films, which seemed to refer equally to actor and role.

If Republicans managed that — by redrawing the shape of the state? — they really are clever rapscallions.

He developed a reputation as a rapscallion, less interested in school than drawing, the guitar and rowdy misadventures into New York.

He’s a rapscallion who can fight the law because coded within the archetype is a male privilege that depicts him as an unstoppable force; he is his own judicial system.