a scalawag who had taken to begging on street corners while posing as a blind person
Recent Examples on the WebAt 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag—a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. Christina Binkley, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2022 Neither a political hero nor a rogue, neither a statesman nor a scalawag, Dole embodied the complexities of deal-making on Capitol Hill. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021 Louisville’s Brown-Forman is accusing rum-peddling partner Bacardi of being a scalawag. Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2020 The Old West has been larger than life ever since the first dime novelists made legends out of lawmen, outlaws, and assorted frontier scalawags. Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019 Mark Twain's Mississippi, alive with steamboats, scalawags, and gamblers, has a hold on us still.CBS News, 7 July 2019 Salvatore Lodi made his debut as Little Mouse, while Kellan Hayag was a floppy-haired, scampering scalawag Fritz. Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017 Back on their own ship, the scalawags must decide how to divvy up the booty. Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2017 See More