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 animal character with human characteristics.
  • noun Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character. (compare furry)

Etymologies

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From scale +‎ -ie.

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Examples

  • 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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