duggie

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson says: Sir A. Phayre believes the word to be a corruption of the Burmese htāp-gy̆ī. The first syllable means the 'cross-beam of a house,' the second, 'big'; hence 'big-beam.'”

Noun[edit]

duggie (plural duggies)

  1. (India, archaic) A long squared timber of irregular breadth and thickness.

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