单词	scallywag
释义	scallywag /ˈskalɪwaɡ / (North American also scalawag /ˈskaləwaɡ/) noun informal 1A 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... Parts of Soho have a slightly seedy reputation, but we decided that being shown around responsibly by two adults would effectively remove the possibility of the two scallywags getting into mischief. To hardened scallywags in uniform, Lacson vows, in rather dramatic language: ‘We shall scorch the earth beneath you.’ I shall not need a horror mask when I open the door to the young scallawags who come trick or treating on Hallowe'en. 2US A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period.Most southwestern scalawags were Douglas Democrats in 1860, while most Upper South and southeastern scalawags were Whigs who supported the Constitutional Union candidacy of John Bell.... Bust times inevitably recall repressed myths of gallant cavalry laid low by Northern treachery and an economy ravaged by carpetbaggers and scalawags. Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
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