单词 | moggan |
释义 | moggann. Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. a. A long, frequently footless stocking, often used as a gaiter or protective outer covering for the foot (or occasionally the arm). to wet the small end of one's moggan: to get one's feet wet. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging huseau1464 gamashin1616 moggan1754 guetre1772 gaiter1775 vamplet1842 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other silk stocking1600 top-stocking1686 moggan1754 Derby rib1778 bootee1844 shank1871 sandal-foot1959 thigh-high1962 1754 R. Forbes Shop Bill 32 A' the moggans are bran new. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 31 I'm seer some o' them wat the sma end o' their moggan. 1768 A. Ross Rock & Wee Pickle Tow in Fortunate Shepherdess 129 Had I won the length but of ae pair o' sleeves,..And o' my twa gardies like moggans wad draw. 1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 613/1 They came into the place in their mogans at night, quiet as ghosts. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 48 The milkers tak' their cogues at last, Draw moggins on, tie mutches fast. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 39 When the winter was sae frosty that the cauld cam' dirlin' through Braw moggins and gweed hummle-dods. b. Such a stocking used to hold money. Hence: a hoard of money, savings. moggan knot n. a stocking knotted to hold money. Cf. stocking-foot n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] > stocking used as hoggerc1725 moggan1842 stocking1873 sock1930 1842 D. S. Buchan in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. 72 He..prepared for to dee: And left..his lang neckit moggin to me. 1842 D. S. Buchan in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. 72 His big moggin knot set my heart in a low. 1852 A. Harper Solitary Hours 44 He had great souds o' treasure, Laid up in moggans, buishts, an' bags. 1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 108 The miller Had a gey muckle muggin weel packit wi' siller. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xli An' fat think ye has she garr't Peter dee, but pit's han' i' the moggan, an' gi'e a five-poun' note. 1922 G. P. Dunbar Whiff o' Doric 52 She'd a craftie weel happit, A moggin weel stappit Wi' siller in muckles an' sma's. 1956 Bon-accord 11 Oct. 8/4 This gettin o' a Tellyveesion thing wis merely a maitter o' pounds, shillin's an' pence, but..the Souter's moggin' wis weel foggit wi' sic a thing. ΚΠ 1780 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd 9 Wae to the night I first began To mix my moggans wi' thee, man. 1825 Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. III. 130/1 Moggans, the legs... To Mix moggans with one, to be joined in marriage; a vulgar phrase. 1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 103 Anither marvel'd sic a deem Wou'd moggans mix wi' his, In ony day. 1839 Aberdeen New Shaver Apr. 76 The end of it was, That They agreed to ‘mix moggins’ together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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