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Scally vs Scalawag - What's the difference?

scally | scalawag | Derived terms |

Scalawag is a derived term of scally.



As nouns the difference between scally and scalawag

is that scally is a rascal or miscreant, a scallywag while scalawag is a scrawny cow.

scally

English

Noun

(scallies)
  • (pejorative) A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.
  • (Northern England, especially in Manchester and Merseyside, pejorative) A jobless yob who has little or no education and is suspected of having committed some type of crime.
  • A flat cap or driving cap.

    • Related terms

    * chav * rascal * scallywag * scunner * townie * yob

    Anagrams

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    scalawag

    English

    Alternative forms

    * scallywag, scallawag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, archaic) A scrawny cow.
  • (pejorative, archaic) A rascal.
  • (pejorative, US, archaic, or, 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.

    • Derived terms

    * scally, scallie

    References

    * [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/scalawag] * Encylcopedia Britanica - scalawag