scaffy
English edit
Etymology edit
From scavenger (“street sweeper”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun edit
scaffy (plural scaffies)
- (Scotland, colloquial) A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector.
- 2009, Tony Black, Gutted, page 135:
- The scaffies were out, hosing down the pavement. I liked the aura of early morning – it felt like the end of the world, which suited my mood.