[ras-kuh
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| 1. | a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person. |
| 2. | a mischievous person or animal: That child is a real rascal. |
| ras·cal (rās'kəl) n.
Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace" (John Dryden). [Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners, from Old French rascaille, probably from rasque, mud, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, to scrape; see rash2.] ras'cal·ly adj. |