moggy

[ mog-ee ]

noun

, British Informal.

, plural mog·gies.

1. a cat.

moggy

/ ˈmɒɡɪ /

noun

1. a slang name for cat 1 Sometimes shortened tomog

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of moggy¹

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

Example Sentences

In they came, and Moggy shut the hall-door, and turned the key in it.

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Moggy, throw me out one of them papers till I see what it's about.'

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Why Moggy, you've no idea how small our 'right little, tight little island' really is.

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I chose the position because—well, the view was good, and I didn't know how Moggy would hit it off with the rest, you understand.

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Moggy had not been twenty minutes gone, and her task was nearly ended, when—'Oh, blessed saints!'

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