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rascallion

rascallion is the archaic 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 rascallion

pluralrascallions
alternative formrascalion

Questions about rascallion

What is rascallion the archaic form of?
Rascallion is the archaic form of rapscallion.

Words near rascallion in the dictionary

  1. rascalizing
  2. rascall
  3. rascallier
  4. rascalliest
  5. rascallike
  6. rascallion
  7. rascallions
  8. rascalls
  9. rascally
  10. rascalries
  11. rascalry

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