Usually means: Mischievous persons engaging in minor trouble.
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  1. scallywags: Merriam-Webster
  2. scallywags: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scallywags: Vocabulary.com
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  5. scallywags: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scallywags: Wiktionary
  7. scallywags: Dictionary.com
  8. Scallywags (Second World War): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (scallywag)

noun:  (derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
noun:  (informal, chiefly UK) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
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