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Alicat
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0 posted 2003-12-21 02:04 PM


Would a rapscallion be an inner city leek?



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Dublin Boy
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1 posted 2006-08-31 02:27 AM


It wouldn't be in my neck of the woods, as a scallion is a spring onion, not a leek!

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Bill

JosephF
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2 posted 2006-08-31 08:10 AM


Isnt that like a 17th/18th century Pirate expression? lol or is it a Posh person's funny insult?
LeeJ
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3 posted 2006-08-31 01:42 PM


From WordWeb

Noun: rapscallion  rap'skalyun
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- rogue, knave, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, varlet

One who is playfully mischievous
- imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, scalawag, scallywag



Alicat
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4 posted 2006-08-31 02:25 PM


Once again logic withers in the light of the pun.

*cackle*

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5 posted 2006-08-31 02:32 PM


Well I thought it was just darn funny Ali
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