staggy

or stag·gie

[ stag-ee ]

noun

, Scot.

, plural stag·gies.

1. a colt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of staggy¹

First recorded in 1780–90; stag + -y ²

Example Sentences

Barley, immediately brought to the malt house from the field, rarely makes good malt, as a great proportion of it becomes staggy, and will not grow.

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The Leghorns and similar breeds are too small and become staggy too soon.

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The hurrons then inhabited most advantageously in that place, for as much as for the abundance of dears and staggs, from whence they have the name since of Staggy.

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Presently, however, he had the nose-band on, and by force and persuasion together got the better of them; the staggy little furies gave in; and quickly gathering up his reins, he went back to the plough-stilts, where each hand held at once a handle and a rein.

From Project Gutenberg

Presently, however, he had the nose-band on, and by force and persuasion together got the better of them; the staggy little furies gave in; and quickly gathering up his reins, he went back to the plough-stilts, where each hand held at once a handle and a rein.

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