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scallies

scallies is the plural of scally.

scallies is the plural of scallie.

Meaning of scally

Noun

scally (plural scallies)

  1. (derogatory) A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.
  2. (Northern England, derogatory, especially) A jobless yob who has little or no education, often associated with antisocial behaviour and crime.
  3. A flat cap or driving cap.

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Questions about scallies

What is scallies the plural of?
Scallies is the plural of scally.

Words near scallies in the dictionary

  1. scallawag
  2. scallawaggery
  3. scallawags
  4. scalled
  5. scallie
  6. scallies
  7. scallion
  8. scallion pancake
  9. scallion pancakes
  10. scallions
  11. Scallison

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scallies (page history and authors); scally (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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