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Scalawag

noun
(Spelt also scallawag)
1.
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest).  Synonym: scallywag.
2.
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.  Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scallywag, varlet.
3.
One who is playfully mischievous.  Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scallywag, scamp.





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"Scalawag" Quotes from Famous Books



... discussion. In the beginning, it is true, Schiller looked up to Goethe as to a great and wise teacher who was to give everything and receive little or nothing in return. Every one will recall his saying that he was a mere poetic scalawag in comparison with Goethe. But it is worth remembering that this remark was made after the reading of 'Wilhelm Meister',—a work which, notwithstanding his admiration, he criticised very sharply. And the justice of his criticism was admitted by Goethe; whereupon ...
— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas


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