Crossword Dictionary
toerag
noun
A contemptible or worthless person.
synonyms
scoundrel, rascal, scamp, scallywag
examples:
‘They are taking out some of the young toerags for a while, but I am not certain how long that will last.’
‘Last week the little toerag that delivers the paper left it on top of the letterbox, allowing Melbourne rain to do its evil work.’
‘Contrary to the on-field image of a narky, moaning toerag who strops as easily as he struts his skills, the ‘real-life’ character is far more personable, amusing and infinitely more likeable.’
‘I'd been expecting the coaches to be ruthless, overly competitive, blowing whistles and shouting: ‘No, you useless toerag, hit the deck and give me 20.’’
RASCAL
rascal, rascals, skellum, scalawag, spalpeen, schellum, smaik - n
an unscrupulous or dishonest person
Synonyms
bum, liar, scoundrel, swindler, wretch, beggar, blackguard, bully, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, hooligan, hypocrite, idler, imp, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, sinner, skunk, sneak, tough, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel
Examples
Frankly, when you cut through all the flowery words, he was a first-class con man—a rascal.
The little rascal had gone to break the coin, in order to give only one sou to his mother.
He was still a prisoner in the land of those inmates of his mind, the rascal story tellers who made the most absurd tales seems as natural as butter on toast.
Etymology
mid-14c., rascaile "people of the lowest class, the general mass; rabble or foot-soldiers of an army" (senses now obsolete), also singular, "low, tricky, dishonest person," from Old French rascaille "rabble, mob" (12c., Modern French racaille), as Cotgrave's French-English Dictionary (1611) defines it: "the rascality or base and rascall sort, the scumme, dregs, offals, outcasts, of any company."