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- Dictionaryscallywag/ˈskalɪwaɡ/
noun
- 1. a person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal: "that scallywag of a son of yours"
- 2. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period. US
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A scallywag is someone, especially a child, who has behaved badly but who is still liked. Learn more about this informal and humorous word, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences from the Hansard archive.
- English (US)
SCALLYWAG meaning: 1. someone, especially a child, who has...
- Znaczenie Scallywag, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
SCALLYWAG definicja: 1. someone, especially a child, who has...
- Scaling
SCALING definition: 1. present participle of scale 2. to...
- Simplified
scallywag translate: 淘气鬼，小坏蛋. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Translate to Traditional Chinese
SCALLYWAG translate: 淘氣鬼，小壞蛋. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Scalped
SCALPED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
scallywag 의미, 정의, scallywag의 정의: 1. someone, especially a...
- Rascal
RASCAL definition: 1. a person, especially a child or a man,...
- English (US)
A scallywag is someone, especially a child, who has behaved badly but who is still liked. Learn more about this informal and humorous word, its pronunciation and translations, and see examples from literature and the web.
Scallywag is a variant spelling of scalawag, which means a scamp, reprobate, or a white Southerner supporting the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War. See examples of scallywag in sentences and related words.
In United States history, the pejorative scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War. As with the term carpetbagger, the word has a long history of use as a slur in Southern partisan debates.
A scallywag is someone who behaves badly but you like them, or a traitor who supported the Republicans in the US Civil War. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation and usage of scallywag.
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.
A scallywag is a person, especially a child, who behaves badly, but not in a serious way. Learn how to pronounce, use and synonymize this informal word with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
