wagpastie

plural wagpasties · alternative wag-pastie · alternative wagpasty · alternative wag-pasty

1. obsoleterareA rogue; a rascal; a scoundrel.

   Truly this wagpastie is eyther drunck or mad.

   c. 1562, Nicholas Udall, Jacke Jugeler, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 1914, page 70

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   Mathew Merygreeke: I will call hir: Maide with whome are ye so hastie? Tibet Talkapace: Not with you sir, but with a little wag-pastie, A deceiuer of folkes, by subtill craft and guile. Mathew Merygreeke: I knowe where she is: Dobinet hath wrought some wile.

   c. 1552, Nicholas Udall, Ralph Roister Doister, act 3, scene 2

   Synonyms: troublemaker