Scoundrel: alternatives and connections

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.

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A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

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A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but a…

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A boy; especially, a boy servant.

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A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.

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One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a d…

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A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

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A scamp; a scapegrace.

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A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.

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Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

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Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

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One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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