midgie

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/

Etymology 1

midge +‎ ie

Noun

midgie (plural midgies)

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A midge, midgeling.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

midgie (plural midgies)

  1. (Scotland, colloquial) A dump, midden; trash bin.
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 32:
      They did not have good clothes and were midgie-rakers. Their das done that, they just raked yer midgie and got yer old rubbish.
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