scallywag

How To Use scallywag In A Sentence

• It's his idea of a joke, I suppose, the scallywag.
• Parts of Soho have a slightly seedy reputation, but we decided that being shown around responsibly by two adults would effectively remove the possibility of the two scallywags getting into mischief.
• The scallywags and street urchins of 1920s Kingston had come up with a new way of extracting a few pennies from unsuspecting members of the public.
• The legal beagle started his day in court at 10.30 am and by 12.50 pm had despatched three scallywags to the cells.
• The problem with the young scallywags of today is that they don't have any respect for their elders and betters.
• Just think, horse drivers, harness makers and cart manufacturers could come back into their own as might urchins, shawlies and the near extinct scallywags.
• How's that scallywag of a son of yours?
• That was the big challenge in this book, and it was also my big concern in turning it over to people who make movies because it would be quite easy for Hollywood to turn him into a lovable scallywag and then the reality that I worked hard to get into the book is being eroded. Unorthodox Attorney Defends Hero Who May Be a Villian in 'The Lincoln Lawyer'
• This week they discovered the thief's identity and were stunned to find it was an inside job – the light-fingered scallywag lives on the course. Luck runs out for Kansas Jayhawks fan's talismanic T-shirt and shorts
• `Dressing-gown,' the sergeant mouthed, presumably so as not to get the scallywag going. PROSPECT HILL