Scaffy

[Merna]

noun
pl Scaffies
A Refuse Collector.
In Scotland (esp [Fife] and Lothians); a roadsweeper or a person who would push a two-dustbin barrow and use a broom and shovel to clear rubbish and shite off the thoroughfares.
Scaffies also used to rule their patch with a [firm hands] on misbehaving youths. Now the Community Police have assumed full responsibility for what was the [scaffys] unofficial job - kicking litter louts arses.