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Scallywag

//ˈskælɪwæɡ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard UK, dated, derogatory
  2. 2
    one who is playfully mischievous wordnet
  3. 3
    A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal UK, informal

    "But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff."

  4. 4
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel wordnet
  5. 5
    a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) wordnet

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