skollyn.
/ˈskɒli/, U.S. /ˈskɑli/, South African English /ˈskɒli/ South African.
A black or mixed-race hooligan, gangster, or hoodlum; a vagrant. Also attributive, as skolly boy.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > black or coloured African
skolly1934
thug1983
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans
whitecap1607
shrove-prentice1638
Mohock?1711
sweater1712
highbinder1806
hoodlum1871
hooligan1898
hood1930
skolly1934
tear-away1938
gunsel1942
Teddy boy1954
hell's angel1956
angel1965
bikie1967
skinhead1969
bovver boy1970
boot-boy1977
casual1980
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > gangster > specific
liberal1638
liberty boy1733
gang leader1775
Camorrist1863
mafioso1875
gangster1900
amalaita1908
dada1917
paesanoa1930
skolly1934
Mafiaist1948
oyabun1948
yakuza1964
mafiosa1965
goombah1968
rascal1978
yardie1986
new jack1988
lynch man2004
1934 Cape Argus 8 Jan. 10/6 The accused..were actually several degrees lower than the average ‘scolly-boy’ who commits most of the crimes of violence and theft in the Peninsula.
1934 Cape Times 12 Jan. 9/7 The ‘scollie’ boys could be rounded up and sent to labour colonies.
1961 Cape Times 28 Jan. 11/1 Don't you realize that your son is becoming a White skolly?.. He is going to land in gaol unless you do something about him.
1972 East Cape Post 14 Mar. Tsotsis and skollies who lurk in street corners, waiting to assault and rob innocent people.
1980 J. McClure Blood of Englishman ix. 82 Look at the clientele... All the top~notch... You won't find skolly boys in here.
Derivatives
ˈskollydom n. the condition or activity of a skolly.
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1949 Cape Times 10 Sept. 8/8 The cure for skollydom is not mollycoddling.
ˈskollyism n. the way of life of a skolly.
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1954 R. St. John Through Malan's Afr. v. 32 Experts say that dagga is one of the least harmful of the narcotics, and yet in District 6 it leads to the shebeens and skollyism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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