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- blatherskite (n.)[blatherskite 词源字典]
- c. 1650, bletherskate, in Scottish song "Maggie Lauder," which was popular with soldiers in the Continental Army in the American Revolution, hence the colloquial U.S. use for "talkative fellow, foolish talk," especially in early 19c. From blather (v.) + dialectal skite "contemptible person."[blatherskite etymology, blatherskite origin, 英语词源]
- Peggy
- fem. familiar proper name, alteration of Maggie (see Margaret).
- moggie
- "A cat, typically one that does not have a pedigree or is otherwise unremarkable", Late 17th century: variant of Maggie, pet form of the given name Margaret.
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This informal word for a cat is a variant of Maggie, a pet form of the name Margaret.