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scalawag

[ skal-uh-wag ]

noun

  1. a scamp; rascal.
  2. U.S. History. a native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Reconstruction, often for personal gain.


scalawag

/ ˈ²õ°ìæ±ôəˌ·Éæɡ /

noun

  1. a variant of scallywag
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Origin of scalawag1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; origin uncertain
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Example Sentences

That means pillaging merchant ships, battling rival scalawags, dodging the authorities and even surviving the occasional sea monster on your way to becoming the Pirate Kingpin.

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“Nobody wants to see the pirates take over the city,†Castor told the pirates, whom she dubbed “scalawags.â€

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Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.

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So, I kind of am the scalawag at Joni’s and the girl that plays Madison Square Garden in the trails, too.

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In this telling, Black Americans were dismissed as unprepared for the tasks of self-government and cast as props for regimes dominated by northern “carpetbaggers†and southern “scalawags.â€

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