rascal

Example Sentences

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The question Mr. Junod explores is whether his father was a scoundrel or merely a rascal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Mozart, however, isn’t merely a puerile rascal, as his relationship with Lauren Worsham’s Constanze reveals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Onstage, Epps convincingly plays that rascal who has charmed his way out of trouble.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

If a man is called a zorra, it simply means "rascal".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024

“So this is the rascal we’d been talking about,” the principal, a tall, wiry man, foppishly dressed in a black pin-striped suit, said to my mother as we entered.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane