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Scally vs Proll - What's the difference?

scally | proll |

As a noun scally

is (pejorative) a rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.

As a verb proll is

(obsolete) to search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.

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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    proll

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.
    • (Barrow)
  • * 1795 ?, Henry Stebbing
    • (Webster 1913)