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Found 2 hits - Term: rogues gallery, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rogue \rogue\, n. f. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf.
   icel. hr?kr a rook, croaker cf. rook a bird, or armor.
   rok, rog, proud, arogant.
   1. eng.law a vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a
      tramp.
      1913 webster

   note: the phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large
         class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons.
         they were formerly punished by being whipped and having
         the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.
         1913 webster

   2. a deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
      1913 webster

            the rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. one who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence,
      often used as a term of endearment.
      1913 webster

            ah, you sweet little rogue, you      --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. an elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about
      alone, in which state it is very savage.
      1913 webster

   5. hort. a worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some
      choice variety.
      1913 webster

   rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or
      criminals, for the use of the police authorities.

   rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a
      person under popular indignation or official sentence, as
      when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.

   rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the
      rest, inserted into the cordage of the british navy, to
      identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the
      maker in case of defect. different makers are required to
      use yarns of different colors.
      1913 webster
see also:
rook rogues' gallery rogue's march rogue's yarn 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
rogue's gallery
     n 1: a coterie of undesirable people syn: galere
     2: a collection of pictures of criminals
see also:
galere 

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Rogues Gallery, definition of term: Rogues Gallery
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Gallery >> G Words
Gallery, definition of term: Gallery
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Peanut Gallery >> P Words
Peanut Gallery, definition of term: Peanut Gallery
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