rascalryn.
/ˈrɑːsklri/, /ˈrasklri/, U.S. /ˈræskəlri/ 1. Rascals collectively. Cf. rascality n. 2. rare.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble
commona1350
rascala1382
rascaldry?1457
routc1475
tag and ragc1535
riff-raff1545
rabble1549
rascabilia1557
rabblement1565
bran1574
rascability1583
rascality1583
canaille1588
canalliary1600
canaglia1607
taga1616
ribble-rabble1635
volge1639
rabble rout1650
tag-rag and bob-tail1660
mobile1676
mobility1690
mob1691
rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725
kennel1726
rough scruff1814
rough scuff1816
tag-rag1826
rascalry1827
rascalment1832
doggery1843
polloi1856
raggle-taggle1958
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 296 All the loose rabble from the surrounding towns and..our own rascalry.
1995 Canad. Geographic Sept. 35/2 Lynx Camp..sports a guard dog, a dainty cross-fox, guarding scraps from a thiefdom of ravens and a rascalry of jays.
2. Rascally behaviour. rascality n. 1.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
foul play1546
patchery?1553
slavery1553
palliardy1568
smaikry1573
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
cullionry1611
scoundrelism1611
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
patchery?1553
palliardy1568
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
scoundrelism1611
roguinga1625
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
scamphood1845
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners I. 107 When Latimer was preaching before young Edward on rascalry in high places.
1928 R. Roeder tr. G. Prezzolini Nicolo Machiavelli ix. 50 In this competition of rascalry, caution, cunning and betrayal, what happened was a good deal like people punctiliously bowing before an open door.
1970 News-Herald (Panama City, Florida) 28 Sept. 4 a/3 The record of their dealings is smirched with similar sordid instances of bad faith, rascalry, and cheating.
2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Nov. a20 There might have to be some cajolery, bribery, and maybe toleration of a little bit of rascalry, to bring these people into government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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