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1. A bad or dishonest person: The bartender is a rascal who often charges customers more when they are not sober because they usually are not aware of what is going on.
2. A mischievous human or a trickster: That rascal, Ray, is always playing jokes on his brother.
3. Etymology: from Latin rasicare, "to scrape, to scratch"; borrowed from Old French rascaille, from rasque, "mud, filth."
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2. A mischievous human or a trickster: That rascal, Ray, is always playing jokes on his brother.
3. Etymology: from Latin rasicare, "to scrape, to scratch"; borrowed from Old French rascaille, from rasque, "mud, filth."
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