Scalawaggery
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The behaviour of a rascal. uncountable
"Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity."
Example
More examples"Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity."
Etymology
From scalawag + -ery.
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