Definitions For Moggy

Noun

{{en-noun, moggies}} (Scotland, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, obsolete) {{syn of, en, girl}}: a female child or young woman. (Midlands, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, pejorative, rare) {{syn of, en, slattern}}: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman. (Midlands, _, &, _, North England, _, regional, rare) {{syn of, en, scarecrow}}. (Midlands, _, regional, rare) {{syn of, en, calf}}. (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 {{q, mongrel dog}}

Derived terms

mog

Translations

Esperanto: kataĉo Finnish: katti {{qualifier, not necessarily depreciative}} 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

{{unknown + en}}, but probably originally mog + y, a {{etyl + sco + en}} 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 [[girl/"/>english/">[[girl, from maggie, a diminutive of margaret and margery. first attested in reference to mongrel cats in :w:cockney english + href="/define/cockney./">cockney]].