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scalawag

[skal-uh-wag] / ˈskæl əˌwæg /


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That means pillaging merchant ships, battling rival scalawags, dodging the authorities and even surviving the occasional sea monster on your way to becoming the Pirate Kingpin.

From Seattle Times

“Nobody wants to see the pirates take over the city,” Castor told the pirates, whom she dubbed “scalawags.”

From Seattle Times

Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.

From Los Angeles Times

So, I kind of am the scalawag at Joni’s and the girl that plays Madison Square Garden in the trails, too.

From Seattle Times

In this telling, Black Americans were dismissed as unprepared for the tasks of self-government and cast as props for regimes dominated by northern “carpetbaggers” and southern “scalawags.”

From Washington Post