scalawag

Example Sentences

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“Nobody wants to see the pirates take over the city,” Castor told the pirates, whom she dubbed “scalawags.”

From Seattle Times

Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself.

From Los Angeles Times

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

In this telling, Black Americans were dismissed as unprepared for the tasks of self-government and cast as props for regimes dominated by northern “carpetbaggers” and southern “scalawags.”

From Washington Post

It’s less memorable overall than the licentious “Drop It Low” but does include the catchy refrain, “Y’all some baldhead scalawags who can’t take a joke.”

From New York Times