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Word of the Day : November 3, 2022
rapscallion \rap-SKAL-yun\ noun
What It Means
The word rapscallion refers to someone who causes trouble, often in a mischievous way. It is a synonym of rascal and ne’er-do-well.
// With his shaggy, perpetually unkempt hair and his charmingly crooked smile, the actor seems to have been born to play scamps and rapscallions.
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