Scalawaggery

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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