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scallywags

scallywags is the plural of scallywag.

Meaning of scallywag

Noun

scallywag (plural scallywags)

  1. (UK, dated, derogatory) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
  2. (UK, informal) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
    • But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower

Questions about scallywags

What is scallywags the plural of?
Scallywags is the plural of scallywag.

Words near scallywags in the dictionary

  1. scalls
  2. scally
  3. Scallys
  4. scallywag
  5. scallywaggery
  6. scallywags
  7. scalma
  8. scalogram
  9. scalograms
  10. scalographic
  11. scaloposaurian

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