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moggan Sc. and dial.|ˈmɒgən|
Also 9 moggen, -in, mogan, muggin, moogan.
[Of obscure origin; the Gael. mogan is believed by Celtic philologists to be adopted from Sc. Cf. mokins dial. (Hants) ‘gaiters made of coarse sacking’ (E.D.D.); also (though the sense is more remote), moggins (Cheshire) shoes with wooden soles, clogs.]
1. A long footless stocking; a stocking used as a purse; also ‘long sleeves for a woman's arms, wrought like stockings’ (Jam.).
1742R. Forbes Jrnl. in Ajax' Sp. (1755) 31 I'm seer some o' them wat the sma' end o' their moggan. 1789Ross Helenore, etc. 134 Had I won the length but of ae pair of sleeves,..And on my twa gardies like moggans wad draw? 1832–53D. S. Buchan in Whistle-binkie Ser. iii. 72 He..prepared for to dee: And left..his lang neckit moggin to me. 1897Blackw. Mag. Nov. 613/1 They came into the place in their mogans at night, quiet as ghosts.
†2. pl. The legs. Obs.
1780W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 9 Wae to the night I first began To mix my moggans wi' thee, man. |