Maggot vs Bargeman - What's the difference?
maggot | bargeman |
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.
(obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.
* 1620 , , Women Pleased , III.iv.
A member of the crew of a barge.
A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
(nautical, slang) A nickname for a large white maggot, that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, .
As nouns the difference between maggot and bargeman
is that maggot is a soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter while bargeman is a member of the crew of a barge.maggot
English
(wikipedia maggot)Noun
(en noun)- Drop and give me fifty, maggot .
- Mr. Beveridge's Maggot , an old country dance [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4199.htm].
- Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?
