Meanings
nounrogueship (countable and uncountable, plural rogueships)
plural rogueships
- countablehumorousuncountableThe quality or state of being a rogue.
Say, in what nasty cellar under ground Or what church porch your rogueship may be found?
1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
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