单词 | moggie |
释义 | moggien. 1. a. colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish and English regional). Originally: a girl, a young woman. Later: an untidily dressed woman. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 1648 W. Lilly Astrol. Predict. 60 Expect not so fair an enemy as Cromwel, nor such fair quarter as now is given thee: Jockey, Jemmy, and Moggy thy she-souldier, must than all to the sword. c1680 Scotch Moggy's Misfortune (single sheet) With her Chearful Hops, that Shakum Giue will bury his Wife, and then make Moggy a happy Mother. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. vii. 15 In another Hut, a parcel of Scoth [i.e. Scotch] Pedlars and their Moggies, Dancing a Highlanders Jig. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: ‘She did look a moggy.’ 1980 AA Bk. Brit. Villages 263/3 At Ickwell Green..the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women). b. English regional. A stuffed figure; a guy, scarecrow, etc. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > model of a human woman1509 manikin1535 malkinc1565 man1600 kirn-baby1777 maid1794 knack1813 snowman1827 moggie1896 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 328/2 Moggy (old), a guy. 1903 J. W. Burgon in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 142/2 [Bedfordshire.] The company [in May Day celebrations] consisted of ‘my lord and my lady’, two moggys and a merry Ander. 2. English regional (chiefly west midlands). A calf, a cow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] calfa800 follower1424 bostrell1559 calfling1598 moggiec1825 bossy1844 deacon1873 c1825 Houlston 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.’ 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 230 Moggy, a young calf. Macclesfield. 1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 46 Moggy, a calf. 3. colloquial (chiefly British) A (domestic) cat, esp. a non-pedigree or otherwise unremarkable one. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] cata800 bad?a1325 gibc1400 baudrons?a1500 house cat?1527 puss-cata1529 puss1533 puss1598 mewer1611 mewler1611 Tibert1616 malkina1627 grimalkin1630 meower1632 miauler1632 pussycat1698 pussy1699 tigerkin1849 moggie1911 pussums1912 mog1926 1911 J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 Cockney slang..‘moggies’ for cats. 1958 L. Little Dear Boys i. xii. 211 ‘Do you mean you actually killed them [sc. cats]?’ Sid asked disgustedly. ‘That's right,’ said Jake.., ‘that's what we did. Dozens of the bloody things... Until we ran out of moggies.’ 1966 New 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. 1967 New Scientist 4 May 257/2 In the desert, there are several little wild cats superficially indistinguishable from domestic moggies. 1973 People's Jrnl. 4 Aug. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 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. 1994 Cats 5 Aug. 7/2 Some lucky owners may have a moggie which looks like a Maine Coon, or any other pedigree breed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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