Meanings
nounPoolie (plural Poolies)
plural Poolies
- Someone from Hartlepool
- slangA supporter of Hartlepool United football club.
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.
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Origin
Diminutive of Hartlepool + -ie.
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APA
Poolie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poolie
MLA
“Poolie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poolie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poolie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poolie.
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