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- Dictionaryscallywag/ˈskalɪwaɡ/
noun
- 1. a person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal: "that scallywag of a son of yours"
- 2. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period. US
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SCALLYWAG definition: 1. someone, especially a child, who has behaved badly but who is still liked 2. someone, especially…. Learn more.
noun. scal· ly· wag. variant spelling of scalawag. 1. : scamp, reprobate. 2. : a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain. Examples of scallywag in a Sentence.
a scamp; rascal. (after the US Civil War) a White Southerner who supported the Republican Party and its policy of Black emancipation. Scallywags were viewed as traitors by their fellow Southerners.
SCALLYWAG meaning: 1. someone, especially a child, who has behaved badly but who is still liked 2. someone, especially…. Learn more.
Definitions of scallywag. noun. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, varlet. see more. noun. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) synonyms: scalawag. see more.
If you call someone a scallywag, you mean that they behave badly but you like them, so you find it difficult to be really angry with them.
Definition of scallywag noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
