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scalawaggery

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scal⋅a⋅wag

  [skal-uh-wag]
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–noun
1. a scamp; rascal.
2. U.S. History. a native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Reconstruction, often for personal gain.
Also, scallywag; especially British, scallawag.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
scal⋅a⋅wag⋅ger⋅y, noun
scal⋅a⋅wag⋅gy, adjective
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