Answer: scallawags
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scallawagsA person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal
scallawagsA white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derisively by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation
scallawagsSCALLAWAG, an undersized animal of little value; a good-for-nothing, a rascal also SCALAWAG, SCALLYWAG