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woolyback

woolyback is the alternative form of woolly back.

Meaning of woolly back

Noun

woolly back (plural woolly backs)

  1. (historical, Liverpool slang) A non-Liverpudlian person who travels to Liverpool, especially to work at the docks.
  2. (derogatory, Liverpool slang) A person from the Merseyside area surrounding Liverpool such as Skelmersdale, Southport, Halton, and the Wirral.
  3. (UK, slang) Any unsophisticated person from the countryside.
  4. (US, slang) A Welsh person.
  5. (US, slang) A New Zealander.

Forms of woolyback

pluralwoolybacks

Questions about woolyback

What is woolyback the alternative form of?
Woolyback is the alternative form of woolly back.

Words near woolyback in the dictionary

  1. wooly worms
  2. wooly-headed
  3. wooly-minded
  4. wooly-pate
  5. wooly-pated
  6. woolyback
  7. woolybacks
  8. woolybutt
  9. woolybutts
  10. woolypate
  11. woolypated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: woolyback (page history and authors); woolly back (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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