Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or state of a rogue; also, a roguish person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Jocose The quality or state of being a rogue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun humorous The quality or state of being a
rogue .
Etymologies
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rogue + -ship
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Examples
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But alas, Will's luck would not last (as his rogueship used to express it).
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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But alas, Will's luck would not last (as his rogueship used to express it).
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735
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