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▪ I. froggy, n.|ˈfrɒgɪ|
[f. frog1 + -y.]
1. A playful designation for a frog.
1840Hood Up the Rhine 129 A series of frogs, from the full-grown froggy..down to that minute frogling or tadpole.
2. slang. Also froggee. A term of contempt for a Frenchman, from their reputed habit of eating frogs.
1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 82 As when Frenchmen were dubbed Froggies. 1883Referee 15 July 7/3 While Ned from Boulogne says ‘Oui, mon brave, The Froggies must answer for Tamatave.’ 1887W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore i. 11 Froggee answers with a shout As he sees us go about. 1894Sir J. D. Astley 50 Years Life I. 203 With the assistance of ‘Froggy’, we succeeded in filling all our bottles. 1955G. Greene Quiet American iv. ii. 241 Don't go, Fowler... I can't talk to those Froggies. 1965Guardian 3 Sept. 9/6 A group of stage-type Limeys spend a weekend in France where they mix with a series of stage-type Froggies.
▪ II. froggy, a.|ˈfrɒgɪ|
[f. frog1 + -y1.]
1. Having or abounding in frogs.
1611Cotgr., Grenouilliere, a froggie place. 1823Blackw. Mag. XIII. 458 A..slimy, froggy pool. 1882Edna Lyall Donovan xxiv, Why are you wandering up and down the very froggiest and toadiest path in the garden?
2. Frog-like, such as a frog would have.
1837Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 223 The little Whigs..are puffing out their froggy sides to the dimensions of the ox. 1883R. F. Burton & Cameron Gold Coast I. iii. 59 Froggy faces.
3. slang. French.
1937in Partridge Dict. Slang. 1953G. Kersh Brighton Monster 187 We specialised in French brandy: stopped the Froggy boats in mid-Channel, grabbed the cargo. 1959Listener 24 Dec. 1108/2 Where is this froggy speech of mine? 1962I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose viii. 84 What about that froggy girl, the one you met in Singapore? |