scallywag
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scallywag /ˈskaliwaɡ/ (US also scalawag)
▶noun informal
- 1 a mischievous person; a rascal.
- 2 US a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period.
– origin C19: of unknown origin.
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