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  • Feisty wench + scalliwag + bossy black lady + amputations

    The Oscar nominations. Ann Althouse 2009

  • He was also to write a series of books, which, however conservative they look in retrospect, had already marked him as a scalliwag, the worse sort of betrayer of the heritage.

    Voices Of Brown 2008

  • You got me, you scalliwag ; Does this make me n honourary northerner?

    To Belong Fathorse 2008

  • That scalliwag got throw'd back by Cap'n Jones, who wouldna 'hae his rum-soaked carcass smellin' up th'deep … Comp'ee hard on th 'Southern Cross matey an' make fast the mainsil, best ye put to sea – thar be monsters here!

    Avast ye, landlubbers! This be an open thread! 2006

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

  • He reminded me that while any scalliwag in the Yucatan who wants to thumb a ride to the coast to prey on the rich gringas can usually do it, few can afford that $10 US ferry to get across to the island.

    Caribbean Coast Rentals? 2004

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