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porgee

porgee is the obsolete form of porgy.

Meaning of porgy

Noun

porgy (plural porgies)

  1. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
    1. In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
      • Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, pages 244-245

Forms of porgee

pluralporgees

Questions about porgee

What is porgee the obsolete form of?
Porgee is the obsolete form of porgy.

Words near porgee in the dictionary

  1. porfimer sodium
  2. porfimers
  3. Porfirian
  4. Porfiriato
  5. porfiromycin
  6. porgee
  7. porgees
  8. porgie
  9. porgies
  10. porgy
  11. pori

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