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Spit-Spit That rascall helped get a Mexican Consulate built in Arkansas.

Sunday roundup: absurdities abound in Obamaworld 2010

Weekley suggests M.Fr. pimpreneau, defined in Cotgrave 1611 as "a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell."

NBC wimped out over "pimped out." Ann Althouse 2008

'Septr 29th to George Anderson in Swannyside a scoundrall a knave a scrub a rascall a villain a cheat a son called Andrew'

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

And after the death of him, the Saracens setting vpon the residue of the armie, whom they had compassed on euery side, deuoured and destroyed them all, insomuch that scarce one man remained aliue, sauing two Templaries, one Hospitaler, and one poore rascall souldier, which brought tidings hereof to the King.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Dallington's worth that he writes of things at first-hand, and gives us only what he himself saw; how at Orleans, when the Italian commedians were to play before him, the king himself, "came whiffling with a small wand to scowre the coast, and make place for the rascall Players, ... a thing, me thought, most derogatory to the Majesty of a King of France."

English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard

For thois hell-houndis of Sorbonistis, accompanyit with the rascall pepill, and with sum sergeantis maid apt for thair purpois, did so furiouslie invade a halie assemblie convenit

The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

Presently Washington heard that Clifton had sold his lands to another for twelve hundred pounds, which “fully unravelled his conduct ... and convinced me that he was nothing less than a thorough pac'd rascall.”

The True George Washington Ford, Paul L 1896

Greene died in "most woefull and rascall estate" at the house of a poor shoemaker near Dowgate.

History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873

Twentie to one, he shall fall vpon a rascall, and let go the faire game.

The Scholemaster 1870

No, no, I am a rascall, a scurvy rayling knave, a very filthy roague.

The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida (1609 Edition) 1609