scallag

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• scalawag — scal|a|wag [ˈskæləwæg] n AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from Scottish English scallag farm servant ] a ↑scallywag …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scalawag — (n.) disreputable fellow, 1848, American English, originally in trade union jargon, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Scottish scallag farm servant, rustic (by influence of wag habitual joker ). An early recorded sense was undersized… …   Etymology dictionary