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ramscallion

ramscallion is the alternative form of rapscallion.

Meaning of rapscallion

Noun

rapscallion (plural rapscallions)

  1. (dated) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
    • “If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXVIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC

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Forms of ramscallion

pluralramscallions

Questions about ramscallion

What is ramscallion the alternative form of?
Ramscallion is the alternative form of rapscallion.

Words near ramscallion in the dictionary

  1. Ramsbottom safety valves
  2. Ramsbottoms
  3. Ramsburg
  4. Ramsburgs
  5. Ramsbury
  6. ramscallion
  7. ramscallions
  8. ramscoop
  9. ramscoops
  10. Ramsdale
  11. Ramsdell

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