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Scallywag vs Scalawag - What's the difference?

scallywag | scalawag | Alternative forms |

Scalawag is a alternative form of scallywag.



As nouns the difference between scallywag and scalawag

is that scallywag is an alternative spelling of lang=en while scalawag is a scrawny cow.

scallywag

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • 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