Scapegrace
[skeipgreis]
Definition
(n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
Checker: Peggy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rogue, knave, SCAMP, SCALAWAG.
Editor: Ryan
Examples
- He is sorely taken aback, too, by the dutiful behaviour of his nephew and has a woeful consciousness upon him of being a scapegrace. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If ever any scapegrace was trimmed and touched up to perfection, you are, Steerforth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You've grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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