Bankie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of banky ("blanket") alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A person from Clydebank in Scotland. slang

    "2024, Ian R. Mitchell, Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial Past The yard was […] one of the main focal points of the UCS work-in, and the power base of its main spokesman Jimmy Reid, though he was a Govanite, not a Bankie."

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"2024, Ian R. Mitchell, Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial Past The yard was […] one of the main focal points of the UCS work-in, and the power base of its main spokesman Jimmy Reid, though he was a Govanite, not a Bankie."

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