scal·ly·wag
variant spelling of scalawag
Examples of scalawag in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a scalawag who had taken to begging on street corners while posing as a blind person
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Air Mail,
2 May 2026
And yet, after a series of further downward spirals that will dig this scalawag even deeper into a hole and some supernatural mumbo-jumbo, his luck curiously starts to change….
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Among the most memorable was the Oyster Wars, a series of clashes dating back to the 1830s with scalawags descending from all over, looking to cash in on the valuable bivalves.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2024
The large cast, costumed and made up as a fitly scalawags and sinister buccaneers, gives tremendous energy to every scene.
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Kirk Honeycutt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 July 2023
Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.
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cleveland,
1 Dec. 2022
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
Giddy gratification and gory glimpses of the ocean predators are plentiful this year, as is some frightening and fascinating footage of the summer season’s seminal scallywag.
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Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
20 July 2025
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.
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Tirhakah Love,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2024
Soon, she and her fellow scallywags are enlisted in Kahlen’s cause as well.
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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.
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Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
15 Nov. 2021
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Noun
But what the New Yorker writer left behind is some of the finest prose of the 20th century, focusing primarily on the eccentrics, scalawags, seamen, and other denizens of New York’s dank corners.
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Air Mail,
2 May 2026
And yet, after a series of further downward spirals that will dig this scalawag even deeper into a hole and some supernatural mumbo-jumbo, his luck curiously starts to change….
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Among the most memorable was the Oyster Wars, a series of clashes dating back to the 1830s with scalawags descending from all over, looking to cash in on the valuable bivalves.
—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2024
The large cast, costumed and made up as a fitly scalawags and sinister buccaneers, gives tremendous energy to every scene.
—
Kirk Honeycutt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 July 2023
Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.
—
cleveland,
1 Dec. 2022
Noun
Ticketed experiences include a cannon battle aboard a tall ship, tours of the tall ships in port, a mermaid meet-and-greet and swim show, pirate school for scallywags and more.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
Giddy gratification and gory glimpses of the ocean predators are plentiful this year, as is some frightening and fascinating footage of the summer season’s seminal scallywag.
—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
20 July 2025
In the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies, for instance, Chris Evans played the character as a skirt-chasing scallywag.
—
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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“Scalawag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalawag. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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