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adj
Irrational, out of touch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, Zimbabwe, slang
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noun
A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
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noun
Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete, regional
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Synonyms: girl
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noun
Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Midlands, Northern-England, derogatory, rare, regional
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noun
Synonym of scarecrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Midlands, Northern-England, rare, regional
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Synonyms: scarecrow
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noun
Synonym of calf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Midlands, rare, regional
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Synonyms: calf
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noun
A mouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Midlands, dated
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noun
A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire
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History
Derived from the Unimog, a brand of rugged four-wheel drive trucks popular in rural areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.
Across languages
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