| 单词 |
rapscallion |
| 释义 |
rapscallion|ræpˈskælɪən|
Also 8 rabs-.
[Later form of rascallion.]
A rascal, rogue, vagabond, scamp.
1699E. Ward Lond. Spy No. 5. 10 A parcel of Poor ragged Rapscallions, mounted upon Scrubbed Tits. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxv, Go your ways, you rapscallion. 1837Howitt Rur. Life iv. ii. (1862) 335 Those ragged rapscallions that abound in the streets of towns,..uncultivated, neglected. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 214 A set of ferocious-looking rapscallions had boarded the steamer.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1711E. Ward Quix. I. 380 Such a strange Rapscallion fellow. 1777in F. Moore Songs & Ball. Amer. Rev. (1856) 172 From him who..calls all Congresses Rabscallion. 1869Trollope He knew, etc. xii. (1878) 66 He is dressed in such a rapscallion manner.
Hence rapˈscallionly a., rascally; rapˈscallionry, rascals collectively.
1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 245 A ‘rapscallionly part’ there is in every community. 1858Times 30 Nov., I suppose this rapscallionry will ‘quit’ soon. 1899G. B. Shaw Let. 29 Sept (1972) II. 106. There being between Maggie [sc. Margaret Hobhouse] & myself a sort of rapscallionly freemasonry. |
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