arch rogue

arch rogue

obsolete The leader of a male band of thieves or gypsies. While one should be wary of the traveling group, the arch rogue who orchestrates them is especially dangerous.
See also: arch, rogue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • rogue
  • arch dell
  • arch doxy
  • doxy
  • arch
  • arch cove
  • cove
  • dimber damber upright man
  • set (up)on (someone or something)
  • catch (one) off balance
References in periodicals archive
"The next time I came across him was in the Buster comics where he had become an arch rogue of London and hyped into a Robin Hood-type figure.
There's no Peace for the wicked; Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan and comedy actor Norman Pace star in a quirky new musical about a notorious Victorian criminal, writes CATHERINE VONLEDEBUR