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n. Informal A reprobate; a rascal.

n. A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.

n. Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

n. A rascal. Alternative spelling of scallywag.

n. A scamp; a scapegrace.

n. An under-sized, scraggy, or ill-fed animal of little value.

n. A worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptible fellow; a scamp; a scapegrace.

n. one who is playfully mischievous

n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

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

"A scalawag was a Southerner who deserted his political affiliations for the spoils of the Republican party."

scoundrel    villain    bad person   

scallawag   

scamp    scapegrace   

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