Hamlet Glossary: O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! (2.2)
rogue (520)
i.e., useless vagrant.
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Mabillard, Amanda. Hamlet Glossary. Shakespeare Online. 20 Aug. 2000. < http://shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/soliloquies/rogue.html >.
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