moggy

C2+ Topic:House & Home
US /ˈmɑɡi/ UK /ˈmɒɡi/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a cat, especially a non-pedigree or ordinary house cat

    Their old moggy spends all afternoon dozing on the windowsill.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a cat, especially a... catmogpussfelinetabby
Word family
Related forms mogmoggie

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; a British colloquial term for a non-pedigree cat, perhaps a pet form of the name Margaret, or a variant of dialectal mawkin ('untidy woman, scarecrow').

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