moggy

[ mog-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, British Informal.

, plural mog·gies.

a cat.

moggy

/ ˈmɒɡɪ /

noun

a slang name for cat 1 Sometimes shortened tomog

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moggy¹

First recorded in 1910–15; origin uncertain; possibly originally Cockney; supposed derivations from West Midlands dialect Moggy, a pet name for a calf, or from the personal name Maggie, are dubious

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moggy¹

C20: of dialect origin, originally a pet name for a cow

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Example Sentences

The moggy is simply part of the furniture on Sylph VI and leaving him behind on the boat's jaunt south was out of the question.

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Now the tortoiseshell's impeccable bedside manner has earned her a finalist place in the Cats Protections' Moggy Marvels competition.

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John Stones claims to have come up with the moggy's no-nonsense moniker "because it's just a good name".

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Lupin certainly seems to know where the cat food aisle is, and a number of photographs show the moggy mooching around the boxes and tins.

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A woman came forward to admit the marauding moggy was her cat Lupin.

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Mogen David Moghul

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