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scally noun [ ˈskali ]

• (in the north-west of England, especially Liverpool) a roguish self-assured young person, typically a man, who is boisterous, disruptive, or irresponsible.
• "at her Birkenhead school she was head girl, but also had a reputation for being a scally"
Origin: 1980s: abbreviation of scallywag.


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