Definition of "schelm" []

• A rogue; a rascal; a low, worthless fellow. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Company officials were more worried that "the fugitive good-for-nothing [schelm] Tingbin could become for Chenggong an instrument dangerous to the company, since he has a very good knowledge of our situation on Formosa and will not hesitate to use it in order to gain Chenggong's good graces.""
• "So I had got a pretty trade on foot within the last two trips; but that stupid houndsfoot schelm, Brown, has knocked it on the head again, I suppose, with getting himself shot by the colonel-man."
• "And you can give yourself to any dirty verdoemte schelm of an Engelschman you please, for I will have none of you!"