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geggee

geggee noun: a victim of a hoax or trick.

Noun

geggee (plural geggees)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A victim of a hoax or trick.
    • The members quietly rose from the board and took their hats from the hat-pins, and the geggee took down his greatcoat, and, with the most satisfied air possible, buttoned it across his breast.1864 January, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 337
    • There are also a few examples of 3-isograms, such as deeded or geggee, but David was quite adamant that he did not know of any fourth-order isograms.2014 July 14, Florian Breit, “The Hunt for English Isograms”, in Florian Breit's Blog

Forms of geggee

pluralgeggees

Origin of geggee

From gegg + -ee.

Questions about geggee

What does geggee mean?
Geggee means a victim of a hoax or trick.
What part of speech is geggee?
Geggee is a noun.
What is the plural of geggee?
The plural of geggee is geggees.

Words near geggee in the dictionary

  1. gegenscheins
  2. gegenstandstheorie
  3. gegg
  4. gegged
  5. gegged in
  6. geggee
  7. geggees
  8. gegger
  9. geggers
  10. geggery
  11. geggie

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