Scaffy

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector. Scotland, colloquial

    "The scaffies were out, hosing down the pavement. I liked the aura of early morning – it felt like the end of the world, which suited my mood."

Synonyms

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street sweeper

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"The scaffies were out, hosing down the pavement. I liked the aura of early morning – it felt like the end of the world, which suited my mood."

Etymology

From scavenger (“street sweeper”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

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street sweeper

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