scalawag

A reprobate; a rascal.

A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.

An under-sized, scraggy, or ill-fed animal of little value.

A worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptible fellow; a scamp; a scapegrace.

A scamp; a scapegrace.

Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

A rascal. Alternative spelling of scallywag.

one who is playfully mischievous

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

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