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  • n  a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
  • n  a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  • n  one who is playfully mischievous

  • Ye're nothin' bu' a stupid Becka$$ lickin' scallywag!.
  • Avast 53 - th' scallywag must o' run off t' th' head t' be washin' its mouth out after th' peein' - not a peep since th' unfortunate incident!.
  • A business scallywag such as one at Lehman Bros.
News & Articles

  • Lake Charles Film Festival seeking submissions
    There are submission categories for Feature Film, Documentary, Short Film, Foreign Film, Home Grown, Student, Music Video and Animation. The first place winner in each category will receive a certificate and a “Scallywag” award trophy.
    July 8, 2013 - Southwest Daily News
Quotes

  • Sam Allardyce in Daily Star
    Big Sam said: "Dioufy is a scallywag who loves life as well as football. Mego seemed to think he couldn't handle his type of character - and we know he does have a bit of a temperament problem." "But managers have to accept that and make sure...
  • Andrew Fraser in The Age
    There are crimes and then there are crimes,says Fraser. "The old SP bookmakers, the old racecourse touts, the pickpockets, or the likes of the Toorak cat burglar back in the 1960s - these are the kind of scallywag crim stories we're...
  • Virginia Woolf in guardian.co.uk
    Virginia Woolf described her as "a scallywag who married a very rich man", which seems to sum up her dilemma in a nutshell - but perhaps too small a nutshell.

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