scalawag
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Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
So, I kind of am the scalawag at Joni’s and the girl that plays Madison Square Garden in the trails, too.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2021
He cracked jokes, made nice with his peers, was a bon vivant and a scalawag.
From New York Times • May 7, 2020
Caballero, the most prolific scalawag identified by the super-recognizers to date, received only four years in prison.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016
That just encouraged him to keep up his reputation as the number one scalawag in Sassafras Springs.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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