Definitions For Moggy

Noun

MOGGY (plural moggies) (Scotland, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, obsolete) : a female child or young woman. (Midlands, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, pejorative, rare) : an unkempt or badly-dressed woman. (Midlands, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, rare) . (Midlands, _, regional, rare) . (UK) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat. (Yorkshire) A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

Coordinate terms

mongrel cat mutt

Derived terms

mog

Translations

Esperanto: kataĉo Finnish: katti French: chat de gouttière, m German: Katzenvieh, n Ido: katacho Irish: caitín, m, peata cait, m Novial: katache

See also

go moggy

Alternative forms

moggie

Etymology

, but probably originally Mog + y, a or Northern English variant of maggie + + girl, from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in :w:cockney english + cockney.