noun General Slang

scaffies

· noun · scottish

The bin men.

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Definitions

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Refuse collectors — bin men, dustmen, the council lads who empty your wheelie bin at 6am. Short for 'scavengers', which was the old official job title before councils got polite about it.

“Pit the bin oot the nicht, the scaffies are early on a Wednesday.”
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scaffies In A Sentence

Pit the bin oot the nicht, the scaffies are early on a Wednesday.

Origin & Usage

Shortened from 'scavenger' — the historical term for municipal refuse workers in Scottish burghs.

Variants scaffiescaffy

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