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SCOUNDREL
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V24,
Page 476
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCOUNDREL , a See also:rogue, a See also:rascal . Etymologists have referred the word to various See also:sources; but See also:Skeat (Etym . Dict.) refers it to the provincial or Scottish stunner (0 . Eng. scunian, to shun), to shrink back in fear or loathing . |
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