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A dishonest but likable person. Also: A child who gets into mischief.

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  • A certain old farmer of my acquaintance in America was called a rascal by one of his neighbors.
  • "The rascal is a regular butcher, and we must all follow the American fashion of carrying a revolver."
  • The rascal is the cause of all our difficulties; and, if evil should happen us, he will be the cause of that too.
  • I endeavoured to paralyze his movements by pinioning his arms, but the rascal was my superior in muscular strength.
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