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French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnapphahn.
Pronunciation
Noun
chenapan m (plural chenapans, feminine chenapane)
- scamp, rascal, rogue, scoundrel
1921, Louis Pergaud, Le Sermon difficile, dans Les Rustiques, nouvelles villageoises:Pourtant la chose en soi était grave ; ce n’est pas tout que de dire : vos filles sont des dévergondées et vos garçons des chenapans ; mais... il n’y aurait pas que des vieillards et des adultes à l’église, il y aurait aussi des enfants.- Yet the matter in itself was serious: it would not be enough to say, "Your daughters are hussies and your sons are rascals", but... there would not only be adults and old people in the church; there would also be children.
- a naughty child, scamp, little rascal
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