Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perry boy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: per-ry boy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the casual subculture in Manchester in the 1980s.

Example Sentences

""Scally" (short for scallywag) was actually a Liverpudlian archetype; the Manchester equivalent was the Perry boy, named after their Fred Perry shirts."

Etymology

From their typical attire, the Fred Perry shirts.

Inflected Forms

Perry boys (plural)

Questions

What does perry boy mean?: A member of the casual subculture in Manchester in the 1980s.
Where does perry boy come from?: From their typical attire, the Fred Perry shirts.

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