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Wessie

Wessie proper noun: a person from the West Riding of Yorkshire, or the inland part of Yorkshire in general.

Proper noun

Wessie

  1. (Yorkshire, derogatory, often, slang) A person from the West Riding of Yorkshire, or the inland part of Yorkshire in general.
    • "Now my car has a big Huddersfield Town sticker on the back which drew a couple of very sarky comments whilst picking my wife up from Tesco, the worst being 'f**k off back to Huddersfield you Wessie w****r, we don't want tourists here yet'."2020 May 13, “Man called "Wessie w****r" for Huddersfield Town badge as tensions over tourism run high”, in Yorkshire Live

Questions about Wessie

What does Wessie mean?
Wessie means a person from the West Riding of Yorkshire, or the inland part of Yorkshire in general.
What part of speech is Wessie?
Wessie is a proper noun.

Words near Wessie in the dictionary

  1. Wessex Saddleback
  2. Wessexian
  3. Wessexians
  4. Wessexman
  5. Wessexmen
  6. Wessie
  7. Wessinger
  8. Wessingers
  9. Wessington
  10. Wessington Springs
  11. Wessler

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