Thesaurus: woolyback
woolyback (plural woolybacks) (regional, Liverpudlian) A person who travelled to work at Liverpool docks (historically) (regional, pejorative, Liverpudlian) A person from the area surrounding Liverpool such as St Helens …
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- woolyback (plural woolybacks) (regional, Liverpudlian) A person who travelled to work at Liverpool docks (historically) (regional, pejorative, Liverpudlian) A person from the area surrounding Liverpool such as St Helens or Widnes claiming to be from Liverpool typically with a scouse accents. Deriving from historic terms it is often now mis-appropriated. (present day)