scapegrace
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scapegrace
Example Sentences
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Young Andrew, by contrast, looked a bit of a scapegrace, tie askew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Her affect evokes old-timey words — scamp, scapegrace, minx.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
The Porters were his difficult, scapegrace father’s family; the Coles were his mother’s rich and ambitious Indiana family.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
While King Henry's England is threatened by rebellion, the king's scapegrace son Hal haunts the taverns of London, his companions a crew of rogues and...
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2016
“Not a bit, and you never will. You’ve grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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