moggie
/ˈmɒɡi
/(also moggy)
noun (plural moggies) British informal
A cat, typically one that does not have a pedigree or is otherwise unremarkable: I have three other cats (two moggies and one Bengal/Tonkinese cross)...
- Boots the marmalade moggie got his marching orders from the Rose And Crown when he popped in for a beer.
- True, Leroy is more of a small leopard than a domestic moggy, but surely these three moggies could outflank him and make him overextend his supply chain or something.
- The little moggy, who is believed to be between two or three years old was found in the Parks area by a RSPCA collection officer.
Origin
Late 17th century: variant of Maggie, pet form of the given name Margaret.
This informal word for a cat is a variant of Maggie, a pet form of the name Margaret.
Rhymes
- indecisive
- indecisively
- indecisiveness
- indeclinable
- indecomposable
- indecorous
- indecorously
- indecorousness
- indecorum
- indeed
- indeedy
- in deep
- in deep water (or waters)
- indef.
- indefatigability
- indefatigable
- indefatigably
- in default
- in default of
- indefeasibility
- indefeasible
- indefeasibly
- indefectible
- indefensibility
- indefensible