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单词 moggie
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moggien.

Brit. /ˈmɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈmɑɡi/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– moggy, 1900s– moggie.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: maggie n.
Etymology: Probably a variant of maggie n. Compare also malkin n., Meg n.1
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.
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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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