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Scallywag

noun
1.
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest).  Synonym: scalawag.
2.
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.  Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, varlet.
3.
One who is playfully mischievous.  Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scamp.






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"Scallywag" Quotes from Famous Books



... his neck. It all rushed upon him now. His people! His people in the East, who had thwarted his youth, vexed and cramped him, saw only evil in his widening desires, and threw him over when he came out West—the scallywag, they called him, who had never wronged a man—or a woman? Never—wronged—a—woman? The question sprang to his lips now. Suddenly he saw it all in a new light. White or brown or red, this heart and soul and body before him were all his, ...
— Northern Lights • Gilbert Parker



Words linked to "Scallywag" :   bad person, nipper, little terror, brat, holy terror, shaver, imp, rapscallion, fry, scamp, terror, villain, tyke, small fry, minor, monkey, varlet, nestling, kid, tike, tiddler, youngster, scoundrel, child



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