scallywag

Meanings

Plural: scallywags

Noun

• a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• one who is playfully mischievous
• A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
• A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal

Synonyms

imp, knave, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scamp, varlet