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  • 101Michael de l'Hospital —     Michael de L Hospital     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Michael de L Hospital     Born at Aigueperse, about 1504; d. at Courdimanche, 13 March, 1573. While very young he went to Italy to join his father, who had been a follower of the traitor,… …

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  • 102áwerde — m ( es/ as) worthless fellow …

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  • 103hellion — 1846, Amer.Eng., altered (by association with Hell) from Scottish/northern England dialectal hallion worthless fellow, scamp (1786), of unknown origin …

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  • 104wop — derogatory for Italian, 1912, Amer.Eng. slang, apparently from southern It. dialect guappo dandy, dude, stud, a greeting among male Neapolitans, said to be from Sp. guapo bold, dandy, which is from L. vappa sour wine, also worthless fellow;… …

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  • 105hellion — [ hɛljən] noun N. Amer. informal a rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child. Origin C19: perh. from dialect hallion a worthless fellow , changed by assoc. with hell …

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  • 106raca — n. [Heb.] Fool, beggar, worthless fellow …

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  • 107renegade — n. 1. Apostate, backslider, renegado, recreant, turncoat. 2. Deserter, revolter, rebel, traitor. 3. Vagabond, worthless fellow …

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  • 108scamp — n. Rogue, rascal, cheat, knave, swindler, sharper, trickster, scoundrel, villain, scapegrace, worthless fellow …

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  • 109penny — n 1. copper, cent, U.S. Inf. red cent, Brit. pence or p. 2. a bad penny undesirable, Latin, persona non grata. bad person, bad man or woman or child, Inf. bad news, Inf. bad egg; rascal, scoundrel, knave, rogue, Sl. bad actor; worthless fellow,… …

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  • 110roly-poly — ro•ly po•ly [[t]ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, ˌpoʊ li[/t]] adj. n. pl. lies 1) short and plumply round 2) a roly poly person or thing 3) brit. coo Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked •… …

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