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scalawaggery

scalawaggery noun: the behaviour of a rascal.

Noun

scalawaggery (uncountable)

  1. The behaviour of a rascal.
    • Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity.1948, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 220, part 4, page 29)

Forms of scalawaggery

alternative formscallawaggery

Origin of scalawaggery

From scalawag + -ery.

Questions about scalawaggery

What does scalawaggery mean?
Scalawaggery means the behaviour of a rascal.
What part of speech is scalawaggery?
Scalawaggery is a noun.

Words near scalawaggery in the dictionary

  1. scalary
  2. scalas
  3. scalation
  4. scalations
  5. scalawag
  6. scalawaggery
  7. scalawags
  8. Scalby
  9. Scalby Mills
  10. scald
  11. scald-crow

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