Rapscallion

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A rapscallion is one who is playfully mischievous or a scoundrel. Rapscallion comes from the now-obsolete word "rascallion" meaning rascal.

It is possible that the contemporary pejorative word for a vandal or youth who perpetrates antisocial behaviour (such as petty theft, graffiti, or harassment) "Scally" is derived from "Rapscallion." "Scally" is a common term for such individuals in the United Kingdom, but does not feature in American / Australian English.

A more tenuous link is that which suggests the term for spoken word rhyming set to a beat, "Rap" is derived from "Rapscallion."

"Rapscallion" is also the name of Gemma Mildury's space freighter in "The Space Gypsy Adventures".

"Rapscallion" (a.k.a The Last Superpower) is a song from Primus

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