Scalawag used in a sentence, 2 examples

Scalawag in a sentence as a noun

So, where do you fit in this rigging, you swashbuckling scalawag?

There were swashbuckling captains feared all over the seas that held their crews of convicts and scalawags to surprisingly strict codes of honor.

Scalawag definitions

noun

a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

See also: scallywag

noun

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

See also: rogue knave rascal rapscallion scallywag varlet

noun

one who is playfully mischievous

See also: scamp monkey rascal rapscallion scallywag