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noun
A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A scrawny cow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
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noun
Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, derogatory, historical
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noun
rogue police; rogue military personnel
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
Topics: government, law-enforcement, military, politics, war
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noun
one who is playfully mischievous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scallywag
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Broader terms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Narrower terms: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror
noun
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scallywag, varlet
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Broader terms: villain, scoundrel
noun
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scallywag
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Broader terms: bad person
History
Of obscure origin, perhaps from the name of the Shetland village of Scalloway (from Old Norse Skálavágr), known for its dwarf ponies and dwarf cattle.
