10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAFFY»
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SCAFFY, irregular in character ; applied to a deposit of clay, as " raffety " is
applied to a deposit of stone, and suggesting worthless or refuse stun. " Blue
scaffy clay." — Borings and Sinkings, L. R., p. 219. SCAIRSH, scarce.
SCAIRSHLY ...
Richard Oliver Heslop, 1894
... begging and grovelling to scaffy wee fat promoters to get them the fucking spot
on the fest will be wasted and worse – they will likely be banned from all such
future gigs, because word gets around really fast especially among scaffy wee fat
...
After all that effort he puts the penny into the charity box. You better be quick
cause the traffic warden will be about somewhere. Sure enough, here comes the
wee yella peril traffic warden fae out of a close. Scaffy buggers waiting for you
like ...
SCAFFY, irregular in character ; applied to a deposit of clay, as "raffety " is
applied to a deposit of stone, and suggesting worthless or refuse stuft. " Blue
scaffy clay." — Borings and Sinkings, L. R., p. 219. SCAIRSH, scarce.
SCAIRSHLY ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
SCAFFY,a<#. Nhb. [ska'fl.] Irregular in character ; see below. Nhb.1 Applied to a
deposit of clay, as ' raffety ' is applied to a deposit of stone, and suggesting
worthless or refuse stuff. ' Blue scaffy clay,' Borings (1881) 319. SCAG, sb. and v.
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Nemesis in the Mearns: Love, Laughter and Heartache in the ...
'If it's not one damned thing it's another,' said Scaffy Duncan. 'We've no sooner
sorted out the gods from Doon Sooth, but we've to take on those gods up abune!'
There was little need, you would have thought, for the Scaffy, who was also the ...
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The chronicles of Gotham; or, The facetious history of ...
... in smoke, and the Pegs and Bumtraps and Beagles, and Men of Batons and j
Lanterns of the tribe Lazy, and those of the tribe ScafFy which cleaned the
highways, and all the bondmen which laboured at building of the Temples of the
Urinal.
The Buckie boats, known as " Scaffs " or " Scaffy boats," are of an entirely different
build from the other Scotch craft; they have a flat floor, a long hollow bow, with the
greatest breadth at the water-line very far aft; the stem and sternpost rake a ...
Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Archibald Young, 1877
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Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record
... scaffy ' (1), scent (1), school-bell (1), schoolboy (1), ' scooter ' (2), scraper (1),
scratch (2), scream (1), scribbles (2), search-ligkt (1), see-saw (2), semmil (1),
sergeant (1), sewing (1), shame (1), shave (1), shaving (1), shaving-brush (1),
shawl ...
They had several types of ships — namely, sloop, bus, scaffy, and galley. The
galley or war-ship was dragon-shaped, the stem and stern springing high into the
air, resembling the head and tail of a dragon or serpent. The body or waist of the
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6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAFFY»
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scaffy is used in the context of the following news items.
2014 CAR review: six back-from-the-dead stories
Now best known for its four-wheeled Honda-powered scaffy tubes, Ariel went back to its roots (it was a bike maker in the '50s) to create an incredible motorbike, ... «CAR Magazine, Dec 14»
The beginners guide to IV and EV training a Pokemon in gen 6
Attack: While your on Route five you can also take on hordes of Scaffy, which as I already mention net you one Attack EV each. Alternatively you can head to ... «The Gamer Headlines, Sep 14»
Leven town centre to fight against rubbish
Very much miss the 'scaffy' who used to be there all day sorting it all out, although people should not be littering in the first place.” Shopkeeper Jules Herd said: “I ... «Fife Today, Aug 13»
Nicki Minaj Posts Topless Photo On Twitter
Scaffy Beezy is rumored to be Minaj's new boyfriend and the singer's executive producer added more weight to this theory by posting this image of her in the ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 13»
America raves over home of the Brave
The studio's 13th movie is the first to feature a female protagonist and surely the last to include references to a scaffy witch, a gammy spell and a dancing ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 12»
Chelsy Davy is lovely in sky blue cocktail dress as she enjoys …
Wrinkled, shapeless, "bagging" garments just look scaffy - no matter on who. Quick tip: Grab a handful of fabric and scrunch: if it doesn't spring back into ... «Daily Mail, Jun 12»
