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Meaning of Perry boy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Northern-England, historical

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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