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moggy|ˈmɒgɪ|
[Possibly a variant of maggie.]
1. dial. (West Midland: see E.D.D.) A pet-name for a calf or cow.
c1825Houlston Tracts II. xlviii. 4 Skelton's kine..lowed so, 'twas pitiful to hear them. For all they were dumb creatures, I knew their meaning, as well as if they had said, ‘Give us a mouthful of dry food...’ ‘No’, says I, ‘poor moggies, I cannot do that..’.
2. dial. and slang. An untidily dressed woman.
1886S.W. Linc. Gloss., Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: ‘She did look a moggy’. 1896Farmer & Henley Slang, Moggy (old) a badly-dressed woman; a guy.
3. slang. Also moggie. A cat. Also attrib.
1911J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 Cockney slang..‘moggies’ for cats. 1966New Statesman 27 May 788/2 He dries his hands on a moggie and uses a kitten to blot a false death certificate; ‘just a fur ball, it's nothing,’ he says. 1966New Scientist 15 Dec. 613/3 Humans, to moggies, are but bloodheated places to sit on. 1967Ibid. 4 May 257/2 In the desert, there are several little wild cats superficially indistinguishable from domestic moggies. 1972M. Babson Murder on Show v. 64 We're concentrating on the nice pretty little moggies, remember? 1973People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 4 Aug. 4/3 Oh, and before I leave this topic of pussies, my neighbour across the lane also had a good laugh from the moggie next door to her. 1975Times 7 July 5 Dodd came on wearing a shaggy red overcoat and..saying that it was genuine moggyskin and that he wore moggyskin longjohns. |