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scallawaggery

scallawaggery is the alternative form of scalawaggery.

Meaning of scalawaggery

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)

Questions about scallawaggery

What is scallawaggery the alternative form of?
Scallawaggery is the alternative form of scalawaggery.

Words near scallawaggery in the dictionary

  1. Scalises
  2. scall
  3. Scallan
  4. Scallans
  5. scallawag
  6. scallawaggery
  7. scallawags
  8. scalled
  9. scallie
  10. scallies
  11. scallion

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