moggy
(ˈmɒgɪ)
[Possibly a variant of maggie.]
1. dial. (West Midland: see E.D.D.) A pet-name for a calf or cow.
| c 1825 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..’. |
2. dial. and slang. An untidily dressed woman.
| 1886 S.W. Linc. Gloss., Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: ‘She did look a moggy’. 1896 Farmer & Henley Slang, Moggy (old) a badly-dressed woman; a guy. |
3. slang. Also moggie. A cat. Also attrib.
| 1911 J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 Cockney slang..‘moggies’ for cats. 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. 1966 New Scientist 15 Dec. 613/3 Humans, to moggies, are but bloodheated places to sit on. 1967 Ibid. 4 May 257/2 In the desert, there are several little wild cats superficially indistinguishable from domestic moggies. 1972 M. Babson Murder on Show v. 64 We're concentrating on the nice pretty little moggies, remember? 1973 People'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. 1975 Times 7 July 5 Dodd came on wearing a shaggy red overcoat and..saying that it was genuine moggyskin and that he wore moggyskin longjohns. |