woollybackn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊlɪbak/, U.S.

/ˈwʊliˌbæk/, Australian English

/ˈwʊlibæk/, New Zealand English

/ˈwʊlibɛæk/

Forms: see woolly adj. and back n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woolly adj., back n.¹

Etymology: < woolly adj. + back n.¹

1. Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand colloquial. A sheep.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun]

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1846 Amer. Agriculturist July 212/2 Mr. Cockrill thinks it a great folly to keep a large capital in Tennessee invested in ‘woolly heads’, when ‘woolly backs’ afford so much better returns of interest.

1868 New Eng. Farmer Apr. 187/2 I think we had best keep a few woolly backs, and I think we shall not find it altogether unprofitable to do so.

1875 Daily Southern Cross (Auckland, N.Z.) 30 Jan. Suppl. He went in for cattle, and for the woolly backs to a certain extent.

1910 Pacific Monthly Aug. 150/1 I'm runnin' these woollybacks because I've got a woman an' two kids over there on Squaw Creek.

1949 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 17 Feb. 59/1 The six woolly-backs were walking in line as sheep sometimes do when they were struck by lightning.

1998 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 6 July 8 I could never get any clean grass for the cows, as the wretched woolly backs always had first bite at it.

a. colloquial. A person from an area traditionally associated with the rearing of sheep, esp. (in later use) stereotypically characterized as unsophisticated or provincial; spec. (a) a native or inhabitant of Leicestershire; (b) (frequently depreciative) a native or inhabitant of (rural) Wales.

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1881 R. Read Mod. Leicester 121 The Train Bands of Leicestershire have, upon occasion, been over 3,000 strong. One of the first exploits of these Woollybacks was..to take part in the subjugation of the Principality of Wales.

1942 Apollo 35 44/2 Leicester was long connected with the wool trade, and even to-day native Leicestershire folk are nicknamed ‘woolly backs’ from the sheep raised on its broad meadows.

1972 Bull. (Entomol. Soc. Canada) Sept. 34 By birth a Leicestershire ‘woollyback’, born at Loughborough, England.

1988 Guardian 16 May 38/2 There is a tradition of rivalry between [the rugby clubs of] Barry (seen by Beddau as ‘city slickers who think they're better than they are’), and Beddau (country bumpkins, say Barry, ‘woolybacks from the valley’).

1995 J. O'Connor Red Roses & Petrol iii. 67 Every car in Dublin..out to have a look at the country dwellers, the woollybacks of the County Wickla.

1998 Independent on Sunday 8 Mar. i. 4/8 [Cardiff's] population look down on most of the rest of Wales as ‘woollybacks’.

2009 @FlyingCelery 5 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) All of the woolybacks moaning about England's World Cup draw. What's it got to do with the Welsh anyway?

b. English regional (Liverpool) slang (usually derogatory). Also with capital initial. A person from outside of Liverpool, esp. from the neighbouring areas of Lancashire or the Wirral Peninsula.Perhaps originating as an extension of sense 2a, but see Tony Crowley's Liverpool English Dictionary (2018) for an alternative derivation from woolly, a term dating from the 1960s for uniformed police in Liverpool (on account of their woollen uniforms).

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1972 D. F. Wilson Dockers ii. 30 The men's continuing antipathy in Liverpool to the ‘woolly-backs’ and in London to the ‘carrot-crunchers’ at Tilbury.

1981 Times 16 July 4/1 Tribal tensions [in Skelmersdale, Lancashire] between ‘scousers’ (former Liverpudlians there) and ‘woolly backs’ (locals).

1993 A. Gibbons Chicken i. 3 ‘Not another Woollyback!’ he scoffed. ‘Isn't one enough? I thought I told you, Davy, this is a Scouse-only school.’

2001 ‘Gozzy’ in uk.media.tv.brookside (Usenet Newsgroup) 21 Mar. St Helens being a part of Liverpool? No Chance, bloody woolybacks trying to up themselves. Get back to the sticks.

2011 @JCarnall 29 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) As a scouser it is my duty to mock woolyback land at every available opportunity!

2017 Guardian (Nexis) 29 May Musicians [in the Wirral] can relate to feeling outcast: people across the Mersey call them Woollybacks or Plastic Scousers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woollyback
释义	woollybackn. Brit. /ˈwʊlɪbak/, U.S. /ˈwʊliˌbæk/, Australian English /ˈwʊlibæk/, New Zealand English /ˈwʊlibɛæk/ Forms: see woolly adj. and back n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woolly adj., back n.¹ Etymology: < woolly adj. + back n.¹ 1. Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand colloquial. A sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] sheepc825 woollyback1846 monkey1876 1846 Amer. Agriculturist July 212/2 Mr. Cockrill thinks it a great folly to keep a large capital in Tennessee invested in ‘woolly heads’, when ‘woolly backs’ afford so much better returns of interest. 1868 New Eng. Farmer Apr. 187/2 I think we had best keep a few woolly backs, and I think we shall not find it altogether unprofitable to do so. 1875 Daily Southern Cross (Auckland, N.Z.) 30 Jan. Suppl. He went in for cattle, and for the woolly backs to a certain extent. 1910 Pacific Monthly Aug. 150/1 I'm runnin' these woollybacks because I've got a woman an' two kids over there on Squaw Creek. 1949 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 17 Feb. 59/1 The six woolly-backs were walking in line as sheep sometimes do when they were struck by lightning. 1998 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 6 July 8 I could never get any clean grass for the cows, as the wretched woolly backs always had first bite at it. 2. a. colloquial. A person from an area traditionally associated with the rearing of sheep, esp. (in later use) stereotypically characterized as unsophisticated or provincial; spec. (a) a native or inhabitant of Leicestershire; (b) (frequently depreciative) a native or inhabitant of (rural) Wales. ΚΠ 1881 R. Read Mod. Leicester 121 The Train Bands of Leicestershire have, upon occasion, been over 3,000 strong. One of the first exploits of these Woollybacks was..to take part in the subjugation of the Principality of Wales. 1942 Apollo 35 44/2 Leicester was long connected with the wool trade, and even to-day native Leicestershire folk are nicknamed ‘woolly backs’ from the sheep raised on its broad meadows. 1972 Bull. (Entomol. Soc. Canada) Sept. 34 By birth a Leicestershire ‘woollyback’, born at Loughborough, England. 1988 Guardian 16 May 38/2 There is a tradition of rivalry between [the rugby clubs of] Barry (seen by Beddau as ‘city slickers who think they're better than they are’), and Beddau (country bumpkins, say Barry, ‘woolybacks from the valley’). 1995 J. O'Connor Red Roses & Petrol iii. 67 Every car in Dublin..out to have a look at the country dwellers, the woollybacks of the County Wickla. 1998 Independent on Sunday 8 Mar. i. 4/8 [Cardiff's] population look down on most of the rest of Wales as ‘woollybacks’. 2009 @FlyingCelery 5 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) All of the woolybacks moaning about England's World Cup draw. What's it got to do with the Welsh anyway? b. English regional (Liverpool) slang (usually derogatory). Also with capital initial. A person from outside of Liverpool, esp. from the neighbouring areas of Lancashire or the Wirral Peninsula.Perhaps originating as an extension of sense 2a, but see Tony Crowley's Liverpool English Dictionary (2018) for an alternative derivation from woolly, a term dating from the 1960s for uniformed police in Liverpool (on account of their woollen uniforms). ΚΠ 1972 D. F. Wilson Dockers ii. 30 The men's continuing antipathy in Liverpool to the ‘woolly-backs’ and in London to the ‘carrot-crunchers’ at Tilbury. 1981 Times 16 July 4/1 Tribal tensions [in Skelmersdale, Lancashire] between ‘scousers’ (former Liverpudlians there) and ‘woolly backs’ (locals). 1993 A. Gibbons Chicken i. 3 ‘Not another Woollyback!’ he scoffed. ‘Isn't one enough? I thought I told you, Davy, this is a Scouse-only school.’ 2001 ‘Gozzy’ in uk.media.tv.brookside (Usenet Newsgroup) 21 Mar. St Helens being a part of Liverpool? No Chance, bloody woolybacks trying to up themselves. Get back to the sticks. 2011 @JCarnall 29 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) As a scouser it is my duty to mock woolyback land at every available opportunity! 2017 Guardian (Nexis) 29 May Musicians [in the Wirral] can relate to feeling outcast: people across the Mersey call them Woollybacks or Plastic Scousers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1846
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