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1. 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) Source: ecdict

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Liverpool Liverpudlian person regional accents area claiming day deriving docks Helens historic historically now pejorative plural present scouse surrounding terms travelled typically work

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