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1. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
   - scalawag
    
2. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
   - rogue, knave [archaic], rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, varlet [archaic]
    
3. One who is playfully mischievous
   - imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag

Derived forms: scallywags

Type of: bad person, child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, scoundrel, shaver, small fry, tiddler [Brit], tike, tyke, villain, wean [UK, Ireland], youngster

Encyclopedia: Scallywag