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In the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies, for instance, Chris Evans played the character as a skirt-chasing scallywag.
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EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Katt Williams warned us: 2024 is a year of exposing scallywags and succubi for their skeevy ways.
—Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Soon, she and her fellow scallywags are enlisted in Kahlen’s cause as well.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
Suddenly, hundreds of strangers were responding to her tweets—Smith-Cameron is very active on Twitter—with effusive commentary about her onscreen flirtations with the much younger Roman Roy, the horny scallywag played by Kieran Culkin.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
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EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Katt Williams warned us: 2024 is a year of exposing scallywags and succubi for their skeevy ways.
—Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Soon, she and her fellow scallywags are enlisted in Kahlen’s cause as well.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
Suddenly, hundreds of strangers were responding to her tweets—Smith-Cameron is very active on Twitter—with effusive commentary about her onscreen flirtations with the much younger Roman Roy, the horny scallywag played by Kieran Culkin.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
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“Scallywag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scallywag. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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