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Perry boy
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English
Etymology
From their typical attire, the Fred Perry#Clothing_label Fred Perry shirts.
Noun
en Northern England historical A member of the casual subculture in Manchester in the 1980s.
en Simon Reynolds Generation Ecstasy 2013 1998 Routledge https://books.google.es/books?id=BWf4J6yn9zAC&pg=PT107&dq=%22Perry+boy%22+manchester&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Perry%20boy%22%20manchester&f=false 978-1-136-78316-6 "Scally" (short for scallywag) was actually a Liverpudlian archetype; the Manchester equivalent was the Perry boy, named after their Fred Perry shirts.
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