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Scallywags

Scallywags are non-union members, who are given sanction (by the International Longshoremen’s Association) to work when not enough card-carrying longshoremen are available to handle the workload.

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"On the Waterfront"
By Phil Primack, Boston Magazine, March 2006
Last Monday, a ship arrived in port carrying more cargo than the union longshoremen could unload within the required time period, so scallywags were allowed to work with union members on that job.
Scallywags by Oceanscribe September 6, 2013
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Sallybags 

A term given to those less fortunate in the testicular region.
Man, Pete really got his ass handed to him today by that homeless woman - he'd better get some ice on those sallybags.
Sallybags by VirtualRoofie October 4, 2006

skallywags 

an undefined itch in the genital area caused by skeletors and is spread making new skeletors.
i had sex with that skeletor girl and woke up the next morning with a bad case of the skallywags.
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Sallybags 

A term given to those less fortunate in the male glandular region
Man, Pete really got his ass handed to him today by that homeless woman - he'd better get some ice on those sallybags.
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sallypants

"i'm never gonna date that sallypants ever again.
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scallywangdangerous 

an adjective to describe an individual who acts like a scallywag, a mischievous little twat, but not in an amusing way
scally-wang-dang-erous
person1: person2 is such a scallywangdangerous person. he keeps stealing my shit!
person2: you fucking cunt ill do it again