Perry boy

English

Etymology

From their typical attire, the Fred Perry shirts.

Noun

Perry boy (plural Perry boys)

1. (Northern England, historical) A member of the casual subculture in Manchester in the 1980s.
   • 2013 [1998], Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy‎^[1], Routledge, →ISBN:

     "Scally" (short for scallywag) was actually a Liverpudlian archetype; the Manchester equivalent was the Perry boy, named after their Fred Perry shirts.