Associations to the word «Scalawag»

Wiktionary

SCALAWAG, noun. (pejorative) (archaic) A scrawny cow.
SCALAWAG, noun. (pejorative) (archaic) A rascal.
SCALAWAG, noun. (pejorative) (US) (archaic or historical) Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

Dictionary definition

SCALAWAG, noun. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest).
SCALAWAG, noun. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
SCALAWAG, noun. One who is playfully mischievous.

Wise words

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Napoleon Hill