Scalawag

Definitions: Scalawag

Scalawag

Noun

1. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.

2. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.

3. One who is playfully mischievous.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Scalawag \Scal"a*wag\, noun. scamp; scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Scalawag

Bad Man

Scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag.

Scalawag (1973)

The Scalawag (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 1865-1881 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Scalawag Bunch (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Arabic 

‏فتوة (chivalry, generosity, magnanimity), ‏الغث كل حيوان ضئيل القيمة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

кранта (aver, crock, hack, jade, nag, plug, rip, scallywag, screw, skate), нехранимайко (blighter, ne'er do well, rapscallion, rep, scallywag, waster). (various references)

Farsi 

جمهوریخواه , جانورنحیف وکم ارزش , ادم رذل (Knave, Makeshift, Rascal, Scamp). (various references)

French

petit polisson, coquin (scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel). (various references)

German

Kümmerling (stunted animal, stunted person, stunted plant, weakling, weed). (various references)

Greek 

κατεργάρησ (crook, foxy, knave, rapscallion, rascal, rascallion, rogue, roguish, trickster), παλιάνθρωποσ (blackguard, knave, miscreant, rascal, rotter, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, skunk). (various references)

Hungarian

semmirekellő (beach-comber, blighter, jerk-off, miscreant, rep, reprobate, rotter, scallawag, scallywag, wrong'un), mihaszna (piffling, reprobate, rotter, scallawag, scallywag), fejlődésben visszamaradt állat. (various references)

Italian

mascalzone (blackguard, cad, rascal, rogue, rotter, scallywag, scoundrel, villain, yahoo), furfante (knave, miscreant, picaroon, rascal, rogue, scallywag, scoundrel, skunk, villain), farabutto (rascal, scallywag, scoundrel). (various references)

Pig Latin

alawagscay

Portuguese

valdevinos (scallywag), mandrião (lazy, scallywag, shirker, slothful, slouch, slug, sluggard), malandro (meantime, picaroon, rascal, roguish, scallywag, scoundrel, scoundrelly, vagabond, wheeler dealer), biltre (rogue, rotter, scallywag, scamp, scoundrel). (various references)

Romanian

vagabond (bum, gadabout, gypsy, hobo, landloper, mudlark, range, rogue, rover, runabout, stray, tramp, vagabond, vagrant), om de nimic (a bad egg, flibbertigibbet, jerk, kestrel, ne'er do well, nobody, scamp, scoundrel). (various references)

Russian 

бездельник (bum, chair warmer, dangler, do nothing, do-naught, do-nothing, doodle, footer, fribble, good for nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, loon, lounger, ne'er do well, ne'erdoweel, rapscallion, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, skulker, sluggard, trifler, twiddler, vagabond). (various references)

Spanish

pícaro (crafty, imp, jester, naughty, picaroon, rascal, rascally, rogue, roguish, saucy, scallawag, scallywag, scamp, scapegrace, street smart, tinker), canalla (blackguard, cad, cur, heel, hound, mob, outsider, rabble, rat, riff raff, scab, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, scoundrel, skunk, stinker, swine, you cad). (various references)

Thai

คนพาล (rascal, roughneck), คนผิวขาวทางใต้ที่สนับสนุนพรรครีพับลิกัน� ายหลังสงครามกลางเมือง. (various references)

Turkish

yaramaz (elfin, elvish, good for nothing, impish, little perisher, mischievous, naughty, non-effective, obstreperous, pickle, prankish, rogue, rompy, scamp, scapegrace, skittish, undisciplined, unmanageable, wicked), kerata (beggar, bootjack, rascal, rogue, scallawag, shoehorn, sweep), ciğeri beş para etmez tip (rotter, scallawag, worthless person). (various references)

Ukranian 

шахрай (beat, bilker, charlatan, cheat, deceiver, doer, gambler, jockey, knave, phony, picaroon, prick, racketeer, rascal, scallawag, scallywag, shark, sharp, sharper, swindler), здихля (scallawag, scallywag, slink), ледащо (dawdle, dawdler, fribble, gadabout, layabout, lazybones, ne'er do well, scallawag, scallywag, slacker, slob, truant). (various references)

Vietnamese 

súc vật nhỏ quá khổ người vô dụng (scallawag, scallywag), súc vật đòi ăn (scallawag, scallywag), người thộn (bumpkin, scallawag, scallywag), người bộp chộp (hotbrain, hothead, light-head, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "scalawag": scalawags. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scalawag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Scadavay, Scaldava, Shalabai, Shaqlawa, Shaqlawah. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: algas, clags, claws, galas.

-4 letters: aals, agas, alas, alga, awls, casa, caws, clag, claw, gala, gals, lacs, lags, laws, saga, scag, slag, slaw, swag, wags.

-5 letters: aal, aas, aga, ala, als, awa, awl, caw, gal, gas, lac, lag, las, law, sac, sag, sal, saw, wag, was.

+1 letter: scalawags.

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