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Old July 23rd, 2017, 10:25 AM
Mike Shefler
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2820 vote for maffie

Here we have a bumper crop of 14 definitions for MAFFIE. Vote for two no
later than 5 PM EDT, Monday July 24.

1. [Colloq.] a stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.

2. a familiar name for any of the fleet of small tramp steamers that
formerly supplied isolated communities in the Scottish Western Isles.

3. a baked sausage roll; also called pig-in-a-blanket.

4. easily duped or fooled.

5. [Obs.] a milkmaid.

6. a sort of game, possibly played by children [Robert Burns]

7. a lone male klipspringer antelope who has lost his life partner.

8. the legal taking of property that belongs to another person or group;
eminent domain, for example.

9. name given to a pup in training as a hunting dog.

10. an unusual companion, from "My Alien Friend", first used in the
"Space Children" series of children's books.

11. a person regarded as having little worth to society.

12. [Slang] a very old, stale cigarette.

13. [Scot.] a bump on the head from a blow or other impact.

14. A farmer's cart.


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