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Scalawag

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Noun

1. scalawag, scallywag

a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

2. knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

3. imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp

one who is playfully mischievous

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scalawag

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noun
a variant of scallywag

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Scalawag

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noun
1.  Informal
a scamp; rascal
2. 
a Southern white who supported the Republicans during the Reconstruction
an opprobrious term used by Southern Democrats

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scalawag

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n.
1. Informal A reprobate; a rascal.
2. A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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