Poolie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of Hartlepool + -ie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
Poolie (plural Poolies)
- Someone from Hartlepool
- (slang) A supporter of Hartlepool United football club.
- 2006, When Saturday Comes: The Half Decent Football Book:
- Hartlepool United made headlines of a different sort in 2002 when the club's mascot, H'Angus the Monkey (a reference to the local legend that Poolies once lynched a monkey after mistaking the unfortunate simian for a French spy), was elected mayor of the town.