westie
westie is the alternative form of Westie.
Noun (1) capitalized: Westie
Westie (plural Westies)
- A West Highland White Terrier.
- Pet owners often trim their Westies with clippers and scissors to save expense.1999, Dan Rice, The Dog Handbook, page 139
- A Westie fancier, Colonel Edward Malcolm, is said to have had a reddish-colored dog who was shot by hunters who mistook the dog for a fox.2007, Liz Palika, The Howell Book of Dogs, page 383
- An inhabitant of the western suburbs of Sydney or Melbourne.
- Take, for example, Sydney′s Westies, the inhabitants of the city′s much-maligned western suburbs.1995, Barry Lowe, Media Mythologies, page 150
- Being called a ‘Westie’ was (and is) regarded as an insult, although some Westies have now begun to proudly embrace the rich cultural identity the label also signifies.2001, Eugène Van Erven, Community Theatre: Global Perspectives, page 208
- An inhabitant of the western suburbs of Auckland.
- For Aucklanders who know what it means, this person is a Westie. — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sysadmin.recovery/msg/66ad493f6f24113d
- At least Bobs claims he's a Westie and he hasn't moved there as a social reject. — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.rugby.union/msg/9ad2d5146251ef6a
- A member of a criminal gang based in Hell's Kitchen on the west side of Manhattan.
- Another killing was sparked when Tommy Hess, the bartender at Club 596, on Tenth Avenue, slapped the girl friend of a young Westie.[…]Hess went on a list of some 60 homicides police say were committed by the Westies.1982 April 12, Michael Daly, John Hamill, “The Ghosts Of Hell′s Kitchen”, in New York Magazine, page 40
- The Intrepid skim allegedly went from the union to a West Side gang of Irish toughs known as the Westies. (In an unrelated incident, several Westies are currently on trial for kidnapping, loan-sharking, extortion and murder.[…])1987 December, Peter Wilkinson, “Doing Business Broke”, in Spy, page 76
- A member of the Royal Westminster Regiment.
Noun (2) capitalized: Westie
Westie (plural Westies)
- An intense fan of the Christian singer Matthew West.
- The Westies in the crowd went wild when Matthew took the stage and sang "Happy".
Forms of westie
| plural | westies |
|---|---|
| plural | Westies |
| alternative form | westie |
Origin of westie
From west + -ie.
From West + -ie.
Words that rhyme with westie
Questions about westie
- What does westie mean?
- Westie means a West Highland White Terrier.
- What is westie the alternative form of?
- Westie is the alternative form of Westie.
- What part of speech is westie?
- Westie is a noun.
- What is the plural of westie?
- The plural of westie is westies.
Words near westie in the dictionary
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