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scaffie

scaffie noun: a dustman or street sweeper.

Noun

scaffie (plural scaffies)

  1. (UK, dated, dialectal) A dustman or street sweeper.

Forms of scaffie

pluralscaffies

Origin of scaffie

Diminutive of scavenger.

Questions about scaffie

What does scaffie mean?
Scaffie means a dustman or street sweeper.
What part of speech is scaffie?
Scaffie is a noun.
What is the plural of scaffie?
The plural of scaffie is scaffies.

Words near scaffie in the dictionary

  1. Scaff
  2. scaff tag
  3. scaff tags
  4. Scaffidi
  5. Scaffidis
  6. scaffie
  7. scaffies
  8. scaffling
  9. scaffold
  10. scaffold hopping
  11. scaffold protein

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