English Dictionary

scalie

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 古風 軽蔑的 俗語 オーストラリア英語 くだけた表現

(Canada, US, dated, derogatory, slang) A strikebreaker. / (Australia, slang) A weighbridge worker. / (US, informal) A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata).

日本語の意味

労働争議中のストライキ阻止者（ストライキに反対する、または打破する者） / 計量用地（ウエイトブリッジ）で働く労働者（オーストラリアの俗語） / ウズラの一種（学名: Callipepla squamata、体に鱗状の模様がある）

When the factory went on strike, he was called a scalie for taking a job that crossed the picket line.

工場がストライキになったとき、ピケ隊列を破って働いたため彼はスト破りと呼ばれた。

意味（1）

(Canada, US, dated, derogatory, slang) A strikebreaker.

While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon.

意味（2）

(Australia, slang) A weighbridge worker.

[…] even allowing for the detours through the back roads to avoid the scalies who man the highway truck-weight checking stations.

意味（3）

(US, informal) A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata).

About the same size as the valley quail and the Gambel's quail, the scaled quail is often referred to as the drab shirttail relative. Gray-blue in color (often known locally as blue quail), with a slight black tipping of the chest and breast plumage that creates scalelike markings, (hence the nickname scalies), […]

意味（4）

(furry fandom) A reptile or reptile-like animal character with human characteristics.

意味（5）

(furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character. (compare furry)

scalies （ plural ）