2. Noun. (pejorative) (alternative spelling of scalawag) ¹
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Definition of Scallawag
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scallawag
Literary usage of Scallawag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Other Fools and Their Doings, Or, Life Among the Freedmen: Or, Life Among by Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff (1880)
"THE scallawag. "Get thee gone! Death and destruction dog thee at the heels.
* * ***** If thou wilt outstrip death, go cross the seas, And live with Richard ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"A scallawag has been defined to be, " like many other wags, ... Yon good-for-nothin'
yonng scallawag, is that the way you take care of that poor dear boy, ..."
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