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Pikey vs Scally - What's the difference?

pikey | scally |

As nouns the difference between pikey and scally

is that pikey is a low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike or pikey can be (british|pejorative) a working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically irish travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates while scally is (pejorative) a rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.

As a verb pikey

is (uk|slang|derogatory) to steal.

pikey

English

Etymology 1

pike + -y

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike.

    • Etymology 2

    From obsolete pike , to depart or travel, or possibly from turnpike (en) - needs to be confirmed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, pejorative) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.
    • See also
    * charva * chav * yob * gypsy

    Etymology 3

    Derived from the stereotype that all gypsies or other travellers are thieves.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, slang, derogatory) to steal.

    • scally

    English

    Noun

    (scallies)
  • (pejorative) A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.
  • (Northern England, especially in Manchester and Merseyside, pejorative) A jobless yob who has little or no education and is suspected of having committed some type of crime.
  • A flat cap or driving cap.

    • Related terms

    * chav * rascal * scallywag * scunner * townie * yob

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