scalawag
Noun
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A scamp; a scapegrace.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
rascal
scamp
knave
rogue
rapscallion
cad
imp
blackguard
miscreant
heel
monkey
creep
scoundrel
villain
wretch
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A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015).
His old friend Harvey Hill wrote to a newspaper: "Our scalawag is the local leper of the community."
Scalawag The word scalawag is defined as a loafer, a vagabond, or a rogue.