scalawag

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (derogatory) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
2. (informal) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
3. (archaic, derogatory) A scrawny cow.
4. (US, archaic, derogatory, historical) Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
5. (Philippines) rogue police; rogue military personnel

Concepten

rakker

schobbejak

schooier

robbedoes

Synoniemen

scallywag

rascal

rapscallion

rogue

knave

scamp

monkey

🐒

imp

👿

trickster

scapegrace

varlet

slyboots

trifler

tike

rascallion

subman

blackguard

inhuman person

brat

chiseller

crook

dirty dog

miscreant

ne’er-do-well

reprobate

rotter

scoundrel

skunk

🦨

Vertalingen

birbone

bricconcello

mascalzone

birbante

delinquente

ribaldo

fripouille

rogue

birba

Kümmerling

briccone

buonalana

furfante

manigoldo

buona lana

Etymologie (Engels)

Of obscure origin, perhaps from the name of the Shetland village of Scalloway (from Old Norse Skálavágr), known for its dwarf ponies and dwarf cattle.