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oggy | eggy |
(UK, dialect, Cornwall) A Cornish pasty.
* 2004 , Keith Heller, The Woman Who Knew Gandhi (page 81)
* 2012 , Max Cryer, Curious English Words and Phrases (page 257)
Covered with or dipped in egg.
Resembling eggs in some way.
As a noun oggy
is (uk|dialect|cornwall) a cornish pasty.As an adjective eggy is
covered with or dipped in egg.oggy
English
Noun
(oggies)- I was given them by a delightful Cornish lady who was quite taken with me and used to make the most delicious tiddy oggy pasties.
- Miners ate oggies down the Cornish mines, and one of Henry VIII's wives wrote a letter mentioning Cornish pasties
eggy
English
Adjective
(er)- eggy bread
- an eggy smell
- Synonyms : egglike