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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈskælɪwæɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]scallywag (plural scallywags)
- (derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
- (informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
- 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
- But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
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