SCALLYWAG • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Scallywag

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

Scallywag

noun

A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest). Synonym: scalawag.

A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, varlet.

One who is playfully mischievous. Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scamp.

See images of 'Scallywag'

Etymology of 'Scallywag'

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Scallywag" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Your scallywag of a son," he said hoarsely, "has gone one step too far. His adventures have twice before ended in murder—and you have covered him. This time you can't do it. I'm not to be bought. We've stood for the Far East in London long enough. Your cub hangs this ...

— Tales of Chinatown • Sax Rohmer

Words linked to "Scallywag" : fry, terror, rascal, tyke, varlet, child, holy terror, scalawag, villain, kid, shaver, tiddler, nestling, brat, little terror, tike, scamp, small fry, bad person, youngster, scoundrel, nipper, minor, rapscallion