scalies

Noun

scalie (plural scalies)

1. (Canada, US, dated, derogatory, slang) A strikebreaker.
   • While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon.1908 November, “On the Firing Line”, in Machinists' Monthly Journal, volume 20, number 11, page 998
2. (Australia, slang) A weighbridge worker.
   • […] even allowing for the detours through the back roads to avoid the "scalies" who man the highway truck-weight checking stations.1984 August 7, Bruce Stannard, “The demons that haunt the long-run truckies”, in The Bulletin, page 68
3. (US, informal) A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata).
   • About the same size as the valley quail and the Gambel's quail, the scaled quail is often referred to as the "drab shirttail relative." Gray-blue in color (often known locally as "blue quail"), with a slight black tipping of the chest and breast plumage that creates scalelike markings, (hence the...2003, Durwood Hollis, Hunting Upland Game & Waterfowl, Krause Publications, →ISBN, pages 40–41
4. (slang) A reptile or reptile-like animal character with human characteristics.
5. (slang) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character. (compare furry)

Noun

scaly (plural scalies)

1. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).

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