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  1. 1. v. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. one who is playfully mischievous Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill- conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.] He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19). Poor men alone No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak. 2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. Dryden. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." Spencer. "The rascal people." Shak. While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak. Source: webster
  7. 7. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low;mean; base. "The rascal many." Spencer. "The rascal people." Shak.While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:100 n a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel n one who is playfully mischievous Source: ecdict

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