scallywag

American  

[skal-ee-wag] / ˈskæl iˌwæg /

noun

1. a variant of scalawag.

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scallywag British  

/ ˈskælɪˌwæɡ /

noun

1. informal  a scamp; rascal

2. (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

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Etymology

Origin of scallywag

C19: (originally undersized animal) of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

“He was very mischievous, a real scallywag, but such great fun, we miss him everyday”, she said.

From BBC

And now at Center Theatre, another gang of scallywags is on the rampage in Book-It Repertory Theatre’s faithful, fiery and heartily entertaining new version of the prototypical pirate yarn, Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.”

From Seattle Times

“I used to be a bit of a scallywag. I did a lot of bad things and went off course but Allah was with me.”

From Washington Times

The Thunder was allegedly part of an armada of fishing scallywags that cumulatively siphon billions of dollars a year from the global fishing economy and wreak untold damage on fisheries around the world.

From National Geographic

So, are Stormtroopers just tinkers and scallywags scarpering the proverbial noose?

From The Guardian