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Examples of scalawag in a Sentence
a scalawag who had taken to begging on street corners while posing as a blind person
Recent Examples of scalawag from the Web
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Salvatore Lodi made his debut as Little Mouse, while Kellan Hayag was a floppy-haired, scampering scalawag Fritz.
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Back on their own ship, the scalawags must decide how to divvy up the booty.
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Origin and Etymology of scalawag
scalawag Synonyms
Synonyms
baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch;
Related Words
criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor;
sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer;
cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper;
bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw;
assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug;
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SCALAWAG Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of scalawag for English Language Learners
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: a usually young person who causes trouble
SCALAWAG Defined for Kids
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