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scalie | scalier |

As a noun scalie

is a strikebreaker.

As an adjective scalier is

comparative of scaly.

scalie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (North America, dated, derogatory, slang) A strikebreaker.
  • * 1908 , "On the Firing Line", Machinists' Monthly Journal , Vol. 20, No. 11, November 1908, page 998:
  • While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon.
  • * 1911 , "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal , Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
  • In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
  • * 1935 , International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union Journal , Vol. 30, page 830:
  • In Dallas, women scalies' cursed women pickets; four pickets went to jail for disorderly conduct while the ' scalies went on to work.
  • (Australia, slang) A weighbridge worker.
  • * 1984 , Bruce Stannard, "The demons that haunt the long-run truckies", The Bulletin , 7 August 1984, page 68:
  • even allowing for the detours through the back roads to avoid the "scalies " who man the highway truck-weight checking stations.
  • * 1991 , Leslie P. Richards, Truckin' Tales: The Early Days , Lulu.com (2007), ISBN 9781847532626, page 43:
  • Approaching Port Augusta I had lights flashed at me, warning that the weighbridge was open. I expected this because the scalies had passed me on the road earlier.
  • * 2009 , John Andersen, " Floodwater graveyard", Townsville Bulletin , 3 March 2009:
  • Scalies are stationed 24/7 on the northern outskirts of the Towers to ensure no one does tries to do a rat-run. The weight limit might soon impact on a large number of jobs.
  • (US, informal) A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata ).
  • * 2003 , Durwood Hollis, Hunting Upland Game & Waterfowl , Krause Publications (2003), ISBN 9781440226793, pages 40-41:
  • About the same size as the valley quail and the Gambel's quail, the scaled quail is often referred to as the "drab shirttail relative." Gray-blue in color (often known locally as "blue quail"), with a slight black tipping of the chest and breast plumage that creates scalelike markings, (hence the nickname "scalies "),
  • * 2003 , Ben O. Williams, Winston: The Life of a Gun Dog , Willow Creek Press (2003), ISBN 1572237058, page 165:
  • I sensed the birds' presence, but I had no idea if they were Gambel's or scalies , even though the habitat read scaled quail.
  • * 2007 , Jeffrey Engel, Sherol Engel, & James A. Swan, Chasing The Hunter's Dream: 1,001 of the World's Best Duck Marshes, Deer Runs, Elk Meadows, Pheasant Fields, Bear Woods, Safaris, and Extraordinary Hunts , HarperCollins (2007), ISBN 9780061343827, page 212:
  • Then the exploding whirr of wings in the wind — a mixed covey of bobwhites and scalies .
  • * 2008 , Tom Arnhold & Web Parton, Wingshooter's Guide to Kansas Upland Birds and Waterfowl , Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc. (2008), ISBN 9781932098440, page 56:
  • Scalies are more prone to be in open grass away from cover.
  • (furry fandom) A reptile or reptile-like animal character with human characteristics.
  • (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character.
  • Synonyms

    *(strikebreaker) blackleg, scab

    Coordinate terms

    * (furry fandom senses) avian, furry

    scalier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (scaly)
  • Anagrams

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    scaly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
  • Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
  • (dated, vulgar, or, South African) Mean; low.
  • a scaly fellow
  • Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia scaly) (Scaly Yellowfish) (Labeobarbus natalensis) (scalies)
  • (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish, .
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