Definition of "scalawags" []

• Plural form of scalawag. (noun)

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• "Now, the scalawags were the Southerners, who supported the Union in the Civil War."
• "Yet in spite of her disapproval, Debbie gave the young "scalawags" the best breakfast she could make, and from the way the young "scalawags" did justice to it, one might have thought they did not expect to get any more to eat for a week at least."
• "The few southern gentlemen who did affiliate with the Negroes were dubbed "scalawags" by their former friends and cast out of southern society."