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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RASCAL , a See also:

term originally used in the sense of a See also:rabble, especially descriptive of See also:camp-followers or the dregs of an See also:army, or of the lowest of the See also:people; now only of a single See also:person, in the sense of a See also:rogue or See also:knave. The origin of O.Fr. rascaille, See also:modern racaille, from which the word came into See also:English, is uncertain. The word was See also:early used, in See also:hunting, for the weaker or poorer male See also:deer of a See also:herd; the word has been connected with O.Fr. rascler, mod. racier, to scrape, See also:rake, in the sense of the off-scourings of the herd.

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