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▪ I. doggy, doggie, n.|ˈdɒgɪ|
[-y, dim. suffix.]
1. A little dog; a pet name for a dog.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 397 Poor doggy. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. 55 The poor little..wistfully gazing doggie was tenderly put in a pretty basket.
2. Coal-mining (colloq.) A man employed by the butty1 (q.v.) to superintend the workmen in a mine.
1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 116 A Butty in the mining districts is a middleman, a Doggy is his manager. 1860W. White All round Wrekin 253 The butty..employs a subordinate whose title is doggy. 1873Daily News 27 Feb. 3/6 The pit was examined in the usual way by the doggy.
3. An officer's servant or assistant. Cf. dog-robber (b). orig. Services' slang.
1909J. R. Ware Passing Eng. 113/2 Doggie,..officer's servant, especially cavalry. 1916‘Taffrail’ Carry On 18 The captain's ‘doggie’—midshipman A.D.C.—is relating certain shoregoing experiences. 1921Blackw. Mag. July 50/2 Is the Admiral going to have a doggie? 1952A. Grimble Pattern of Islands ii. 53 My function would be to act as doggie—that is, clerical assistant and odd-job man—to..the District Officer.
4. Special Comb.: doggy bag chiefly U.S., in a restaurant: a bag provided by the management on request, in which a diner may take left-overs home.
1964Time 4 Sept. 53/2 All too frequently..guests use *doggie bags to haul off pilfered ashtrays, pepper mills, and silverware. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 7 Apr. 6/9 Mrs. William Goadby Post regrets that, due to the high cost of dining out, she is obliged to approve doggy bags. 1984Listener 5 Apr. 23/1 About a pound of the remains came home in a doggy bag.
▪ II. doggy, a.|ˈdɒgɪ|
[f. dog n.1 + -y. (Cf. horsy.)]
†1. Having the bad qualities of a dog; malicious, spiteful; vile, contemptible. Obs.
1388Wyclif 1 Chron. Prol., My bacbiters..gnawen me with a doggi tooth [1382 dogge tothe]. 1583Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 22 Pack hence doggye rakhels.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dog.
1869Echo 3 June, Beasts without one doggy feeling. 1886J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts (1889) 92 The animal, whose frank, doggy nature has been warped.
3. Addicted to or conversant with dogs.
1859Payn Foster Brothers xvi. 277 Others..associate with boating men..with even doggy men. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 102 Country people, with loud voices, horsey, and doggy, and horticultural.
4. Dashing, stylish, smart. Cf. dog n.1 17 p. slang.
1889E. Dowson Let. 26 July (1967) 95, I found it difficult to choose between the half-dozen..charming photos of Mignon... The ‘doggy’ ones liked me least. 1891Farmer Slang II. 303/1 Doggy,..stylish. 1905[see doggishness]. 1932A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 6, I like your tie, it is very doggy.
5. Of Latin: debased, corrupt. (See dog n.1 19 e.) colloq.
1898Daily News 3 Jan. 6/3 He spoke Latin! patristic Latin of the doggyest order. |