Scallywag (noun)
skal-i-wag
A person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
An interesting word as the N. American variant ‘scalawag’ means: A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period.
Example sentences
“He’s a scamp and a scallywag but so adorable.”
“Bust times inevitably recall repressed myths of gallant cavalry laid low by Northern treachery and an economy ravaged by carpetbaggers and scalawags.”

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