Scallywag
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
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Senses
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one who is playfully mischievous
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a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- knavemonkeyscalawag
- plural
- Scallywags
- possessive
- Scallywag's
- pluralpossessive
- Scallywags'