1936 E. M. Forster Abinger Harvest 43 During the interval we discussed, not whether the Scallies were good, but whether they were better or worse than the Wags. They were less hot stuff, that was admitted on all sides.]

1983 Maximum Rocknroll No. 9 Oct./Nov. 7/3 In Liverpool, all us punks get hassled by little kids, or ‘scallies’, that's what we call rednecks.

1985 Guardian 11 May 14 A few years ago the wearing of scarves become uncool among the ‘scallies’ and others who formed the backbone of away support.

1986 End 15 18/1 You scallies would say Carm on scarse, two or three seasons back in a Cockney accent.

1990 Independent 30 June 8 I think McCartney has the philosophy that he was one of four scallys who did it all with no assistance. It's the classic capitalist ideology. We've done it; why can't everyone else?

1996 ikon Jan. 45/1 Maybe even now some rat-faced scally is flogging bits of Brookside's storyline from a fly-by-night market stall.

2007 S. Maconie Pies & Prejudice 96 United manager Alex Ferguson and his players scuttled to their bus, pausing politely to sign autographs for some waiting Liverpool scallies.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 323/1 Scally or scourfy, roigneux.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 74 Over its [sc. the Alligator's] Eyes there are two hard scally Knobs, as big as a Mans Fist.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xcv. 189 Any drynesse or scallynesse of the skinne.