Green’s Dictionary of Slang

skorrie-morrie n.

[Afk. skorrie-morrie, a hooligan, one who is part of the lowest section of the community]

(S.Afr.) a good-for-nothing.

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[SA]C. Pettman Africanderisms 446: Skorrie-morrie a rogue, knave, good-for-nothing.
[SA]Sophiatown in M. Orkin At the Junction (1995) 195: Hey! Nobody says no to Mingus, you skorrie morrie. You make promises with your eyes, and your bloody tits, shaking your bloody backside! And when the money’s down you give nothing.