"scaffy" meaning in All languages combined

See scaffy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scaffies [plural]
Etymology: From scavenger (“street sweeper”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scavenger|y|t1=street sweeper|t2=diminutive suffix}} scavenger (“street sweeper”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaffy (plural scaffies)
  1. (Scotland, colloquial) A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector. Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-scaffy-en-noun-QR26p96e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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