scapegrace
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scapegrace
Example Sentences
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As a further snub to Scapegrace Carol II, George V. who detests "that bounder," caused to be invited Carol's cast-off wife, Her Majesty Helen of Greece and Rumania who resides in England.*
From Time Magazine Archive
"Then the Valley of Humiliation, and the road which leads there-through?" asked Scapegrace.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
Lady Scapegrace and Mrs. Lumley, hating each other, were, of course, inclined to be excessively kind to me—I formed a bond of union between the foes.
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
Why is he not now with his dear Lady Scapegrace at Scamperly, where I see by the Morning Post Sir Guy is 'entertaining a party of fashionables during the frost'?
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
But methought," said Scapegrace, "that road of which thou speak'st was full of rocks, and deep pits, and swamps, and quagmires, and other frightfuls.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
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