scallywag

[ skal-ee-wag ]

/ ˈskæl iˌwæg /

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noun

scalawag.

Nearby words

scallop, scalloped, scalloper, scalloping, scally, scallywag, scalogram, scaloppine, scalp, scalp lock, scalpel

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He was no scapegrace or scallywag such as you might find nowadays crowing over his sins in Chelsea.
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
The circuit judge appointed was named S——, and in political parlance he was a "scallywag."
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French|Samuel Gibbs French
For I thought it was right she should know that you werent just a scallywag private soldier like the rest of us.
The Rough Road|William John Locke
He considered him a scallywag, but no longer a bounder or a cad.
The Law Inevitable|Louis Couperus

It is better Desmond should become a priest than die a scallywag—and it will keep him out of the way of that Sylvia Custance.
Grey Town|Gerald Baldwin

British Dictionary definitions for scallywag

scallywag

/ (ˈskælɪˌwæɡ) /

noun

informal a scamp; rascal

(after the US Civil War) a White Southerner who supported the Republican Party and its policy of Black emancipation. Scallywags were viewed as traitors by their fellow Southerners

Also called: scalawag, scallawag

Word Origin for scallywag

C19: (originally undersized animal) of uncertain origin

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