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aggie, n.1 colloq. and regional (chiefly N. Amer.).
Brit. |ˈagi|, U.S. |ˈægi|
Forms: 18– aggy, 19– aggie
[‹ ag- (in agate n.) + -y suffix6.]
A type of playing marble: = agate n. 1b.
a1898in Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 25/2 Aggy marbles were known round Hammersmith some years ago. 1922S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 234 His eyes were blue with the colorless blueness of the marbles called ‘aggies’ that the boys of Winesburg carried in their pockets. 1932F. L. Wright Autobiogr. (1945) i. 35 They would secrtely circulate in exchange for a glassie or an aggie or two. 1972Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 June 2/2 Remember the aggies, worth 15 marbles in my day? The boy next door wanted to trade his clearie..for four of my aggies. 1993Cent. Home Oct. 58 (caption) A scattering of shells and old aggies adds a playful quality reminiscent of childhood. |