rapscallion
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Statistically speaking, the larger the social gathering — especially ones that mash together groups of unfamiliar people — the more likely it is that some rapscallion will ruin the fun for everyone.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2023
He’s a rapscallion who can fight the law because coded within the archetype is a male privilege that depicts him as an unstoppable force; he is his own judicial system.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Cumming plays the top-hatted mayor, Chenowith is a sour Bible-thumper, Trevit is a rapscallion carnival worker and Martin Short has a cameo as a leprechaun.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
What, then, to make of Moondog, the rapscallion played by Matthew McConaughey, in “The Beach Bum”? You’ve got to love Moondog—or, rather, you haven’t got to, but somehow he sucks the love toward him.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
“Do you know what a rapscallion is?” she asked, waving at the waitress to bring her another drink.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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