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paugie
paugie local U.S. (ˈpɔːgɪ) Also paughie, porgy. [From the ending of the Narragansett Indian name mishcuppâuog, pl. of mishcup, literally ‘thick-scaled’, from mishe large, and cuppi scale.] Local name of a North American fish, of the bream kind, Pagrus argyrops, also called scuppaug.1860 Bartlett Dic...
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porgy
porgy (ˈpɔːgɪ) Also 8 pargie, porgie, 9 porgee, -ghee. See also paugie. [Of obscure and app. various origin; in part = porgo, pargo; in part = paugie, q.v.; also corruptly for pogy, q.v. Much vagueness appears to prevail in the use of the name.] 1. A name in U.S. applied, with or without distinctive...
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scup
▪ I. scup, n.1 U.S. (skʌp) [a. Du. schop.] A swing.1848 Bartlett Dict. Amer., Scup... A New York word. 1849 Miss Warner Wide Wide World xi, A scup! maybe you don't know it by that name [said Mr. Van Brunt]; some..folks call it a swing.▪ II. scup, n.2 U.S. (skʌp) [Shortened a. Narragansett mishcup ‘t...
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