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tiddy oggy, n. Eng. regional (south-west.) and Navy slang.
Brit. |ˌtɪdi ˈɒgi|, U.S. |ˌtɪdi ˈɔgi|, |ˌtɪdi ˈɑgi|
Forms: 19– taitey oggie, 19– tiddie oggie, 19– tiddly oggy, 19– tiddy oggie, 19– tiddy oggy; Also with capital initials
[Probably > n. + oggy n.
With form tiddly oggy compare tiddly adj.3 beside tiddy adj.]
A Cornish pasty.
[1882F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Tatie hogan, a potato pasty.] 1942Weekly Tel. (Sheffield) 28 Nov. 10/1 How they talk in the Navy... A war-time member of the naval service sends the following glossary... Taitey-oggie, Cornish pasty. 1943J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 66 Tiddly Oggy, a Cornish pasty. (Naval term.) 1964J. Hale Grudge Fight iv. 57 All those years ago he had joined as a Plymouth rating and he wanted to go back there—down among the janners and the tiddy oggies and the strawberries and cream. 1987Times 2 Apr. [Cornish people] do indeed use the word tiddy oggy to describe a badly made pastie containing mostly potatoes, or tiddies, and very little meat. 2004Birmingham Post (Nexis) 14 Apr. (Sport section) 29 Len (Bomber) Evans recalled in last week's programme the 1958 County Championship final between Warwickshire and Cornwall when Trelawney's Army laid siege to the city and after the match hoisted a huge model tiddy oggy on to the roof of the stand. |