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daggy, a. N.Z.|ˈdægɪ|
[f. dag n.1 3 + -y1.]
Of a sheep or wool: clotted with dags.
1923W. Perry Sheep Farming in N.Z. vi. 75 The ewes will be very daggy by the lambing season. 1940G. Meek in A. E. Woodhouse N.Z. Farm & Station Verse (1950) 153 A truck of daggy wool. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 310 One daggy sheep can stain quite a few clean sheep when penning up is in progress.
▸ slang (orig. and chiefly Austral.). Freq. depreciative. Dirty, scruffy. In extended use: contemptible, unacceptable; (esp. among schoolchildren) unfashionable, unattractive, socially undesirable.
1967I. Hamilton Man with Brown Paper Face iii. 45 My daggy old sailing jumper, my shoes, the stocking I'd pulled over my head, every damn thing... I..stepped outside to drop the lot down the rubbish chute. 1972N. Miles Opal Fever 98 ‘A colour bar in Government jobs?’ exclaimed Chilla. ‘That's a daggy state of affairs.’ 1978Telegraph (Brisbane) 12 June 20/1 As soon as the girls had gone he'd just stand..and look daggy. 1996Woman's Day (Sydney) 3 June 35/2 When Juanita's not working, she likes to veg out. ‘How does no make-up and a daggy old tracksuit sound?’ 2000Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 27 Sept. Indian men..are often seen by Indian women as daggy geeks who can't dance and don't know how to have fun. |