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rascalion

rascalion is the archaic spelling 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 rascalion

pluralrascalions

Questions about rascalion

What is rascalion the archaic spelling of?
Rascalion is the archaic spelling of rapscallion.

Words near rascalion in the dictionary

  1. rascal stew
  2. rascaldom
  3. rascaldoms
  4. rascaless
  5. rascalesses
  6. rascalion
  7. rascalions
  8. rascalism
  9. rascalities
  10. rascality
  11. rascalize

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