yardie

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noun

A yard of ale.

OriginEnglish yard ← Middle English yerde ← Anglian Old English ġerd →
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Meanings

yardie1

nounyardie (plural yardies)

plural yardies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yardie.

yardie2

nounyardie (plural yardies)

plural yardies

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandslangA yard of ale.

Yardie3

nounYardie (plural Yardies)

plural Yardies · alternative yardie

  1. JamaicaA Jamaican.
  2. UKA member of an Afro-Caribbean gang who engages in organized crime, especially drug trafficking.

    You are a bad-boy yardie, and bad-boy yardies are supposed to know how to get rid of bodies.

    2000, Guy Ritchie, Snatch (motion picture), spoken by Sol (Lennie James)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
yard of ale

Origin

yardie · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*gazdaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaʀdi
  3. Anglian Old Englishġerd
  4. Middle Englishyerde
  5. Englishyard
  6. Englishyardie

From yard + -ie.

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Yardie · noun

From Yard + -ie.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

yerida
Cite this entry
APA

yardie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardie

MLA

“yardie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yardie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardie.

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