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white maggot

white maggot noun: a field umpire.

Noun

white maggot (plural white maggots)

  1. (derogatory, slang, Australian rules football) A field umpire.
    • Come on you white maggot, that was a throw.2004, Brooke Neindorf, “Country footy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 20 Apr 2006

Forms of white maggot

pluralwhite maggots

Origin of white maggot

From the uniform of white shirt and shorts worn by the Victorian Football League (which became the Australian Football League) field umpires. The umpires' uniforms changed to day-glow orange in 2004.

Questions about white maggot

What does white maggot mean?
White maggot means a field umpire.
What part of speech is white maggot?
White maggot is a noun.
What is the plural of white maggot?
The plural of white maggot is white maggots.

Words near white maggot in the dictionary

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