"southern fairy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: southern fairies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} southern fairy (plural southern fairies)
  1. (derogatory) Someone from southern England, stereotyped as effete and pretentious. Tags: derogatory Coordinate_terms: northern monkey
    Sense id: en-southern_fairy-en-noun-OwEfIyS8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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