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单词 noggy
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noggyn.

Brit. /ˈnɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈnɑɡi/, Australian English /ˈnɔɡi/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nig-nog n.2, -y suffix6.
Etymology: Apparently < nog (in nig-nog n.2, although this is first attested later) + -y suffix6. Compare also nig-nog n.1
Australian slang (originally Military). derogatory and offensive. Now rare.
An Asian, or a person of Asian origin, esp. (in the Korean and Vietnam wars) one who is a soldier.
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1945 Austral. Women's Weekly 13 Oct. 13/1 The Noggies learned he was a journalist, so he was transferred from Ambon to the neighboring Island of Ceram for 16 months.
1954 N. Bartlett With Australians in Korea 217 This old bloke says there are about a hundred noggies in the village.
1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 8 Feb. 5/2 We had only gone about 50 metres when I saw three Noggies.
1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 May 14/2 The word ‘noggy’..that Australian Army slang word, with all its harshness and ugliness, gives a sense of how our bitter troops felt the waste of it all.
1981 C. Wallace-Crabbe Splinters 56 They had led him on a fair treat with questions about Noggy women.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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