gadgie

Definitions

noun Geordie, pejorative An old man.
noun Geordie A watchman.
noun Scotland, pejorative A person who is poorly educated and engages in hooliganism, petty criminality or loutish behaviour. This usage sometimes carries the connotation of youth.

From Romani gadje ("a non-Roma").

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Because you don't get to make over 200 appearances on the MotD sofa wearing a form‑hugging middle-aged-divorcee-in-JD-Weatherspoon-style shiny shirt, with a caption under your name explaining who you are so that younger viewers don't think they're listening to just any dull old gadgie the producer found loitering round a mini-cab office halfan hour before the lights went up, unless you can say things like "And he takes it with aplomb" with, well, aplomb.

Paul Lambert needs lessons in the lexicon of the football club | Harry Pearson 2011
I'll bet Tom was a barry gadgie as a bairn/teenager.

My Message to Tom Harris Alan Smart 2009
Friday, 06 February, 2009 gadgie said ... basically what is happening is that the anti English so called banter is being repaid in shed loads and they can't cop it.

Clarkson - Apologising for the right thing and ignoring Scots MPs Norfolk Blogger 2009
Local government comments: gadgie said ... fairly simple really, they both think it answers the west lothian question

Why do the Tories and Labour think that cities should elect presidents ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
Oh yes please; tar and feathering and/or flogging first though. radgie gadgie

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
Geordies have a large vocabulary not heard elsewhere in the UK, like "yem" (home), "gadgie" (man), and "hacky" (dirty).

BBC News - Home 2011