moggy
A domestic cat, especially a non-pedigree or unremarkable catA domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
Meaning
7 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
Katzenvieh
(Midlands, Northern England, derogatory, rare, regional)Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
(Midlands, Northern England, rare, regional)Synonym of scarecrow.
(Midlands, rare, regional)Synonym of calf.
(East Midlands, dated)A mouse.
(Yorkshire)A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.
(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete, regional)Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.
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