Explore Scalawag through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like scallywag or rascal. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Scalawag meaning
- A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
- A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
- A scrawny cow.
Synonyms of Scalawag
Using Scalawag
- The main meaning on this page is: A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard. | A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal. | A scrawny cow.
- Useful related words include: scallywag, rascal, rapscallion, kid.
Context around Scalawag
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scalawag
- In this selection, "scalawag" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, word, moving, carpetbagger and forward stand out and add context to how "scalawag" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include klansman carpetbagger scalawag and freedman and scalawag the word. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scalawag" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scalawag
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Scalawag The word scalawag is defined as a loafer, a vagabond, or a rogue. (14 words)
A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015). (24 words)
It was a moment where it was clear that he and most of the team were on different pages in terms of what needed to happen with moving Scalawag forward. (30 words)
It was a moment where it was clear that he and most of the team were on different pages in terms of what needed to happen with moving Scalawag forward. (30 words)
A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015). (24 words)
Scalawag The word scalawag is defined as a loafer, a vagabond, or a rogue. (14 words)
Example sentences (3)
Scalawag The word scalawag is defined as a loafer, a vagabond, or a rogue.
It was a moment where it was clear that he and most of the team were on different pages in terms of what needed to happen with moving Scalawag forward.
A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015).