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scalawag

/skal-uh-wag/US // ˈskæl əˌwæg //UK // (ˈskæləˌwæɡ) //

黄牛党,黄牛,髡贼,黄牛党员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a scamp; rascal.
    • : U.S. History. a native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Reconstruction, often for personal gain.

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Examples

  • Eddie Haskell Santorum is supposed to get the evangelical vote what with his Christian-right backing, not the scalawag Newt.

  • When I got back to the house, I felt for my handkerchief, and found that scalawag's roll o' bills, which I'd clean forgot.

  • Some one without money to try to enlist my sympathies in helping some scalawag out of trouble.

  • After the war, when he had turned scalawag, he was taken to task for the speech.

  • The scalawag, being a renegade, was scorned more than a carpet-bagger.

  • I'd like to give her a line on that handsome scalawag—before it's too late.

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