Scalawag Definition & Meaning
scalawag
- noun
- a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- one who is playfully mischievous
Words that rhyme with scalawag
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