Midgie

//ˈmɪd͡ʒi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”). Northern-England, Scotland
  2. 2
    A dump, midden; trash bin. Scotland, colloquial

    "They did not have good clothes and were midgie-rakers. Their das done that, they just raked yer midgie and got yer old rubbish."

Synonyms

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biting midgebiting midgemidgeno see umno-see-um

Example

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"They did not have good clothes and were midgie-rakers. Their das done that, they just raked yer midgie and got yer old rubbish."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From midge + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

From a corruption of midden + -y. Perhaps influenced by midge (“a haunt of midges”).

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