Definitions
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- noun North America, dated, derogatory, slang A
strikebreaker . - noun Australia, slang A
weighbridge worker. - noun US, informal A scaled quail (
Callipepla squamata ). - noun A
reptile or reptile-like animalcharacter with human characteristics. - noun Someone who
roleplays or describes themselves as being such acharacter . (comparefurry )
Etymologies
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From scale + -ie.
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Examples
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Next hir _Ceres_ with hir head instrophyated with ripe eares of corne imbracing the scalie _Hydra_: And the faire Nymph _Lara_ sorting with _Argiphon_: and the sweete _Futurna_ of the riuer _Numicus_.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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