scallywag

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scallywag - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scallywag
      n 1: a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies
           after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
           [syn: scalawag, scallywag]
      2: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave,
         rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet]
      3: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
         monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]