Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sublime rascal n.

a lawyer.

1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1882		Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 11: Sublime Rascal - A lawyer.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 82: Sublime Rascal, a lawyer.