Someone who hangs at the train station or
bus stop or anywhere public all day long, usually asking for a cigarette, spare change or
pocket lint. Usually unemployed and unemployable, using nothing but slang, and usually impossible to get rid of, until threatened with violence.
Called
magpies because if they have gotten it once, they'll expect it again, and again, regardless of who it is.
Person 1 :
Yeah, so anyway, me and this chick...
Magpie : 'Ey man, u
gutta spare smoke i can borrow??
Person 1 : No, go away
Magpie : Please man, i havent had one all day...please....
Person 1 : I saw you smoking 10 minutes ago, fuck off
Person 2 : GO AWAY you fucking
mapie
Magpie : Pleeaase man, i'll pay you back
etc
