midgie

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”). Northern-England,Scotland
  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.

词形变化

midgies plural midgy alternative midgey alternative midgies plural

词源

词源 1
From midge + -ie (diminutive suffix).
词源 2
From a corruption of midden + -y. Perhaps influenced by midge (“a haunt of midges”).
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