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skolly S. Afr.|ˈskɒlɪ|
Also scolly, -ie.
[a. Afrikaans, prob. ad. Du. schoelje scoundrel, rascal.]
A Black or Coloured African hooligan, gangster, hoodlum; a vagrant. Also attrib., as skolly boy. Hence ˈskollydom, the condition or activity of a skolly; ˈskollyism, the way of life of a skolly.
1934Cape 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. 1934Cape Times 12 Jan. 9/7 The ‘scollie’ boys could be rounded up and sent to labour colonies. 1949Ibid. 10 Sept. 8/8 The cure for skollydom is not mollycoddling. 1954R. St. John Through Malan's Africa 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. 1961Cape 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. 1972East Cape Post 14 Mar., Tsotsis and skollies who lurk in street corners, waiting to assault and rob innocent people. 1980J. McClure Blood of Englishman ix. 82 Look at the clientele... All the top⁓notch... You won't find skolly boys in here. |