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scalawag definition

☆ scala·wag (skal′ə wag′, -ē-)

noun

  1. Informal a scamp; rascal
  2. a Southern white who supported the Republicans during the Reconstruction: an opprobrious term used by Southern Democrats

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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