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rapscallions

rapscallions is the plural 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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Questions about rapscallions

What is rapscallions the plural of?
Rapscallions is the plural of rapscallion.

Words near rapscallions in the dictionary

  1. rapscal
  2. rapscallion
  3. rapscallionism
  4. rapscallionly
  5. rapscallionry
  6. rapscallions
  7. rapscals
  8. rapsheet
  9. rapsheets
  10. rapso
  11. Rapson

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