subs. phr. (old cant).—A cloak, or coat.
1753. The Adventurer, No. 101. Some of them had those loose kind of great-coats on, which I have heard called WRAP-RASCALS.
1853. WHYTE-MELVILLE, Digby Grand, xix. Cram on a WRAP-RASCAL and a shawl choaker. Never mind the gold-laced overalls and spurs.
1860–3. THACKERAY, The Roundabout Papers, xviii. There is the cozy WRAP-RASCAL, self-indulgence, how easy it is.
1899. R. WHITEING, No. 5 John Street, xxiv. The humble individual in slouched felt and threadbare WRAP-RASCAL.
