Sekirov Dictionary

moggy

UK /ˈmɒ.ɡi/US /ˈmɑ.ɡi/

noun 7
adjective 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun7

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(UK, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
- Cockney slang... ‘moggies’ for cats. — 1911
A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.
(old-fashioned) A mouse.
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(offensive, rare) Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
- Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: 'She did look a moggy.' — 1886
(Northern-England, rare) Synonym of scarecrow.
(rare) Synonym of calf.
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(Scotland, no longer used) Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
- ...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... — 1648

adjective1

(South-Africa, slang) Irrational, out of touch

forms

moggies · more moggy · most moggy

Phrases with moggy

go moggy
To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.

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