Scabby

adj.

Heard in Longford, Meath and Waterford

Mean, tight-fisted or miserly.

Ah, loan us a few quid ya scabby fecker!

Posh English

Do be a sport and lend me a few pounds, you miserly scrooge.

Same phrase, other counties

• Meath
• Waterford

Related terms

• MeanTight-fisted or miserly with money. Pronounced 'main'.
• As tight as a ducks arseExtremely miserly or tight-fisted.
• Tight as a ducks holeExtremely mean or tight-fisted with money.
• Ate a scabby babyExtremely hungry, to the point of being willing to eat almost anything.
• I'd ate a scabby babby off a tennis racketExtremely hungry.
• Id suck a scabby baby through a tennis racketExtremely hungry.