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Definition: Scallywag |
ScallywagNoun1. 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. |
Synonyms: ScallywagSynonyms: imp (n), knave (n), monkey (n), rapscallion (n), rascal (n), rogue (n), scalawag (n), scamp (n), varlet (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Scallywag (1921) | |
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| "Scallywag" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Scallywag" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scallywag | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scallywag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shejtan (brat, devil, elfin, impish, mischievous, monkey, puckish, scampish, sea cock, varmint, villain), qerrata (mischievous, scamp, scapegrace, son of a gun, varmint, wretch). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кранта (aver, crock, hack, jade, nag, plug, rip, scalawag, screw, skate), нехранимайко (blighter, ne'er do well, rapscallion, rep, scalawag, waster). (various references) | |
Czech | spratek (brat, guttersnipe, oaf). (various references) | |
Greek | παλιοτόμαρο (cad, scoundrel). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mihaszna (piffling, reprobate, rotter, scalawag, scallawag), sovány marha, silány marha, satnya marha, lógó (aerial, dangling, floppy, hanging, lap, pendant, pendent, pendulous, skulk), himpellér (bad egg, rotter), bliccelő. (various references) | |
Italian | mascalzone (blackguard, cad, rascal, rogue, rotter, scalawag, scoundrel, villain, yahoo), furfante (knave, miscreant, picaroon, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scoundrel, skunk, villain), farabutto (rascal, scalawag, scoundrel). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allywagscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | valdevinos (scalawag), mandrião (lazy, scalawag, shirker, slothful, slouch, slug, sluggard), malandro (mean-spirited, picaroon, rascal, roguish, scalawag, scoundrel, scoundrelly, vagabond, wheeler-dealer), biltre (rogue, rotter, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel). (various references) | |
Romanian | târâie-brâu (brawler, bully, kicker, squabbler). (various references) | |
Russian | заморыш (starveling), 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, scalawag, scallawag, scapegrace, skulker, sluggard, trifler, twiddler, vagabond). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podao čovek. (various references) | |
Spanish | pícaro (crafty, imp, jester, naughty, picaroon, rascal, rascally, rogue, roguish, saucy, scalawag, scallawag, scamp, scapegrace, street smart, tinker), canalla (blackguard, cad, cur, heel, hound, mob, outsider, rabble, rat, riff raff, scab, scalawag, scallawag, scapegrace, scoundrel, skunk, stinker, swine, you cad). (various references) | |
Swedish | skojare (cheat, crook, dodger, gyp, humbug, imposter, impostor, joker, juggler, kidder, knave, operator, rascal, rogue, scamp, sham, shark, son of a gun, swindler, trickster). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шахрай (beat, bilker, charlatan, cheat, deceiver, doer, gambler, jockey, knave, phony, picaroon, prick, racketeer, rascal, scalawag, scallawag, shark, sharp, sharper, swindler), здихля (scalawag, scallawag, slink), ледащо (dawdle, dawdler, fribble, gadabout, layabout, lazybones, ne'er do well, scalawag, scallawag, slacker, slob, truant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | súc vật nhỏ quá khổ người vô dụng (scalawag, scallawag), súc vật đòi ăn (scalawag, scallawag), người thộn (bumpkin, scalawag, scallawag), người bộp chộp (hotbrain, hothead, light-head, scalawag, scallawag, scapegrace). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scallywag": scallywags. (additional references) | |
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"Scallywag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scalleywag, Scallyway, scalywag, skallywag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-l-l-s-w-y" | |
-2 letters: galyacs. | |
-3 letters: allays, always, callas, galyac, gayals, wallas. | |
-4 letters: acyls, algal, algas, allay, alway, asyla, calla, calls, clags, claws, clays, galas, galls, gally, gawsy, gayal, salal, sally, scall, scaly, walla, walls, wally, yawls. | |
-5 letters: aals, acyl, agas, agly, alas, alga, alls, ally, away, awls, cagy, call, casa, caws, cays, clag, claw, clay, gala, gall. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-l-l-s-w-y" | |
+1 letter: scallywags. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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