Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scalawag"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scalawag \Scal"a*wag\, n.
A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also {scallawag}.] [Slang,
U.S.] --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scalawag
n 1: white Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after
the Civil War usually for self-interest [syn: {scallywag}]
2: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: {rogue}, {knave},
{rascal}, {rapscallion}, {scallywag}, {varlet}]
3: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: {imp}, {scamp}, {monkey},
{rascal}, {rapscallion}, {scallywag}]
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