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schemey

/ˈskiːmi/ UK

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From scheme + -y.

noun schemies · schemie

Scotland, colloquial Someone who lives on an urban housing scheme, especially seen as being poor or ill-educated.

adjective schemier · schemiest · schemie

Scheming; cunning; devious. He struck me as schemey and oleaginous from the first time I saw him, long before his disgraceful performances around the Iraq war.

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@misc{schemey_2026,
  title = {schemey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schemey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}