"schemey" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskiːmi/ [UK] Forms: schemier [comparative], schemiest [superlative]
Etymology: From scheme + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scheme|y}} scheme + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} schemey (comparative schemier, superlative schemiest)
  1. Scheming; cunning; devious.
    Sense id: en-schemey-en-adj-PdmJ4PMd

Noun

IPA: /ˈskiːmi/ [UK] Forms: schemies [plural]
Etymology: From scheme + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scheme|y}} scheme + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|schemies}} schemey (plural schemies)
  1. (Scotland, colloquial) Someone who lives on an urban housing scheme, especially seen as being poor or ill-educated. Tags: Scotland, colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-schemey-en-noun-GuohVmJB Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 69

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