(Henry E Schaffer)typed


In article ,
Tony Raven wrote:
... leaves it while they work out what to do, scally comes back ...
^^^^^^
From "rascal"?

In the US, the slang used would probably be "perp".

I think it's short for scallywag.

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scallywag n

scallywag NAm chiefly scalawag /'skalwag/ /'skaliwag/ n
a rogue, rascal
[origin unknown]

Penguin Hutchinson Reference Library
Copyright (c) 1996 Helicon Publishing and Penguin Books Ltd

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