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Scalawag
Translation of "scalawag" into Russian
scalawag
Noun
UK
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
US
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
scalawag
scalawags pl
The scalawag managed to trick everyone at the party.
Прохвосту удалось обмануть всех на вечеринке.
The old man called the mischievous boy a scalawag.
Старик назвал озорного мальчика негодяем.
Definitions
scalawag
Noun
UK
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
US
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
A person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
The little scalawag managed to sneak into the cookie jar without anyone noticing.
A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the Reconstruction, often for personal profit.
Many scalawags were viewed with suspicion by their Southern neighbors after the Civil War.
scalawag
Adjective
UK
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
US
/ˈskæl.ə.wæɡ/
Characteristic of or relating to a scalawag; rascally or mischievous.
His scalawag sense of humor kept the whole team laughing.