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skollie

skollie noun: a hoodlum, a petty criminal.

Noun

skollie (plural skollies)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A hoodlum, a petty criminal.
    • ‘You check my records, okay? You'll see. Always, every week, some bergie or skollies causing trouble for me. What are my customers supposed to do?’2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 103

Forms of skollie

pluralskollies

Origin of skollie

Borrowed from Afrikaans skollie, from Dutch schoelje, from Middle Dutch schoelie.

Questions about skollie

What does skollie mean?
Skollie means a hoodlum, a petty criminal.
What part of speech is skollie?
Skollie is a noun.
What is the plural of skollie?
The plural of skollie is skollies.

Words near skollie in the dictionary

  1. skoliosexual
  2. skoliosexuality
  3. skoliosexuals
  4. Skoll
  5. skolled
  6. skollie
  7. skollies
  8. skolling
  9. Skolnick
  10. Skolnicks
  11. Skolnik

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