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woolly back noun- a stereotype of the unsophisticated country-dweller UK
An allusion to the intelligence and appearance of sheep. - [T]ribal tensions [in Skelmersdale, Lancashire] between “scousers” (former Liverpudlians there) and “woolly-backs” (locals). — The Times, 16 July 1981
- a woolly-back from Wigan — Alan Bleasedale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
- a Welsh person US
- “So where you from?” he asks. I tell him. “Hoho! A woolly back!” he says, and then “No, only kidding[.]” — Red Handed, p. 44, 2003
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