moggie

Noun

moggy (plural moggies)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
   • Cockney slang... ‘moggies’ for cats.1911, John William Horsley, I Remember: Memories of a 'Sky Pilot' in the Prison and the Slum, page 254
2. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete, regional) Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
   • ...expect not so fair an enemy as Cromwel, nor such fair quarter as now is given thee: Jockey, Jemmy, and Moggy thy she-souldier, must than all to the sword...1648, William Lilly, An Astrologicall Prediction of the Occurrances in England, Part of the Yeers 1648, 1649, 1650, page 60

   Synonyms:

   girl

3. (Midlands, Northern England, derogatory, rare, regional) Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
   • Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: 'She did look a moggy.'1886, Robert Eden George Cole, A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire, s.v. "moggy"

   Synonyms:

   slattern

4. (Midlands, Northern England, rare, regional) Synonym of scarecrow.

   Synonyms:

   scarecrow

5. (Midlands, rare, regional) Synonym of calf.

   Synonyms:

   calf

6. (East-Midlands, dated) A mouse.

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