woolyback (plural woolybacks)
(regional, Liverpudlian) A person who travelled to work at Liverpool docks (historically)
(regional, pejorative, Liverpudlian) A person from the area surrounding Liverpool such as St Helens or Widnes claiming to be from Liverpool typically with a scouse accents. Deriving from historic terms it is often now mis-appropriated. (present day)

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