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what is the meaning of roguish Scottish and of some variety in the following text?
She at first claimed Sadler had been a roguish Scottish relative of some variety, but abandoned that little fiction when Carl stumbled across a book of baby names.
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"roguish" and "Scottish" are both adjectives modifying "relative". These have their usual dictionary meanings. g.
- "roguish" and "Scottish" are both adjectives modifying "relative".
- These have their usual dictionary meanings.
- g.
- maybe he was said to be some kind of distant cousin).
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"roguish" and "Scottish" are both adjectives modifying "relative". These have their usual dictionary meanings.
"of some variety" is a way of making the nature of the family relationship sound vague or unspecified, and possibly distant (e.g. maybe he was said to be some kind of distant cousin).
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