scalawag
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noun
- Informal a scamp; rascal
- a Southern white who supported the Republicans during the Reconstruction: an opprobrious term used by Southern Democrats
See scalawag in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(skălˈə-wăgˌ) also scal·ly·wag (skălˈē-)
noun- Informal A reprobate; a rascal.
- A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.
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