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In United States history, scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) was a pejorative slur referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War. As with the term carpetbagger, the word has a long history of use as a slur in Southern partisan debates.
Scallywag may refer to: Scallywag (magazine) , an alternative community magazine of the 1990s Scallywags (Second World War) , a nickname for the British GHQ Auxiliary Units, who were to engage in guerilla warfare in the event of a Nazi invasion
1872 cartoon depiction of Carl Schurz as a carpetbagger. In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical pejorative used by Southerners to describe allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War and were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, or social gain.
Today, being a larrikin has positive connotations and we think of it as the key to unlocking the Australian identity: a bloke who refuses to stand on ceremony and is a bit of a scallywag. When it first emerged around 1870, however, 'larrikin' was a term of abuse, used to describe teenage working-class hell-raisers who populated dance halls and ...
Scallywag bunkers or Auxiliary Unit Operational Base/OB were underground bunkers used by GHQ Auxiliary Units of the British Resistance against axis invasion of the ...
Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past, originally published in 2002 by Fifth House under ISBN 1-894004-92-2, is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan.
Scallywag disappeared from print and moved to a site on the World Wide Web instead. Lewis followed and won damages from Scallywag ' s internet service provider, closing the site down. Regan responded by accusing Lewis of lying, and decided to attempt to sabotage Lewis' campaign in New Forest East where he was the Conservative candidate for the ...
Now Scallywag. Won the 2005 Fastnet race and the 2011 Sydney-Hobart: Alfa Romeo II: 2005: 30 m (98 ft) Reichel/Pugh: McConaghy Boats: Canting Ballast Twin Foil, now 30 m (100 ft) Black Jack IV, won the 2009 Transpac, the 2009 Sydney-Hobart and three Middle Sea Races: Wild Oats XI: 2005: 30 m (98 ft) Reichel/Pugh: McConaghy Boats