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rapscallion

[rap-skal-yuhn] / ræpˈskæl yən /


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

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Cumming plays the top-hatted mayor, Chenowith is a sour Bible-thumper, Trevit is a rapscallion carnival worker and Martin Short has a cameo as a leprechaun.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

What, then, to make of Moondog, the rapscallion played by Matthew McConaughey, in “The Beach Bum”? You’ve got to love Moondog—or, rather, you haven’t got to, but somehow he sucks the love toward him.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2019

When asked, “Who taught you that language,” the rapscallion replied “My mother.”

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2017

“Do you know what a rapscallion is?” she asked, waving at the waitress to bring her another drink.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth




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